What My Divorce Taught Me About Building for the Long Term
Before my current partnership, I was married for six years. The ending of that marriage taught me more about what relationships need than the beginning ever could.
"Sometimes the most important thing you can build is the wisdom to know what you should have built differently."
What the divorce revealed over time
The essay is less about the ending than about what the ending made visible.
Early certainty
The relationship begins with confidence that intensity means durability.
Slow drift
Small disconnections, missed repairs, and unspoken assumptions start to build distance.
Visible failure
The couple fights about symptoms instead of the underlying distance that is already growing.
Hard lesson
Love matters, but relationships also need skills, infrastructure, and support.
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