Relationship Splinters

Easy going in, painful coming out.

When starting new relationships you don’t need to be paranoid, but you’re wise to be careful. That warning applies to all relationships—personal, business and associations. It's so easy to be infatuated with a the new, regardless of whether its a person or something else. But think before you dive in.

Relationships are so easy to get into, but painful to get out, just like a splinter. The trouble is that the bloom eventually goes off the rose and the initial infatuation will fade. At that point, if there is not something deeper there, you’ll be looking to end it.

Here’s the problem…there’s an “ouch” coming.

When you reach the point of ending relationships you realize, there are no good options. No matter what you do, someone is going to be hurt. There’s going to be pain—no way around it. Eventually you stop avoiding the issue and just get it over with. The pain lasts and lasts. Relationships—easy to start, painful to end.

You can’t avoid them

You don’t want to avoid them. Relationships are what make up life. They make life rich and rewarding. There are lots of great things to be gained from a great relationships, so don’t be too paranoid. 

But the warning remains, just take a moment to think before you jump. That may be all it takes to let you avoid a lot of unnecessary pain, because they will always be easy to start but painful to stop. Choose wisely.