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You yourself may have what it takes here but your partner may not. In this case, unless you can convince your partner to attend counseling then the relationship is still going to head down the disaster channel.

Essentially, no matter how a relationship starts, it will fail if there is poor communication between the two of you and communication is all about you both hearing what the other person has to say. If you want it to work then you will hone your listening skills and you will communicate your own wants and desires. Once both of you have talked and both of you have listened, only then do you have a chance to make the changes and compromises needed to make a relationship work. Nature may have abandoned you once the procreating fun waned but it's still adding to the difficulties as by nature humans are ego centered and their world is about their own individual happiness, their own desires need to be satisfied above someone else's. It takes time and effort to stand in your partner's shoes and see what the world looks like through their eyes and how your actions make them hurt or happy. The world is a very busy place and lives are rushed, people do not make the time for this much needed essential communication without which, eventually, all relationships will fail.

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