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THE COMINGS AND GOINGS OF PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES
Why People Stay and Leave
“She has changed and kept giving me excuses whenever I invited her out.”
“She is not the old friend I used to know and could no longer be her friend.”
“He suddenly ignored my texts and calls.”
“He said he will never leave me, yet he did.”
“We used to be close buddies, then suddenly we stopped communicating.”
The above are just some mind-boggling statements of the confused, the curious, the hurt, and especially those ghosted and left behind in the relationship.
Relationships exist with two or more participants. They are formed and derive from many reasons and intentions. They can be unpredictable at times, as one day, participants could not get enough of each other, and then, the next day, it is as if the relationship never existed.
Many say that distance and priorities are some reasons why relationships fail.
However, in this digital age, sources of communication are plenty, and distance is an unreasonable excuse. Others agree that the inability to prioritize is another excuse for a relationship to fail, as everyone has a choice.
However, the majority believe that the changes in attitudes and behaviors of people toward the relationship are the causes of its…