I don’t think relationships are failing because people want too much love - they’re failing because people expect perfection. In my last relationship, social media quietly raised the bar. We expected constant communication, emotional availability, growth, romance, and understanding, all at the same time. When my partner had a bad phase or needed space, it felt like something was “wrong” instead of normal life happening.
What finally broke us wasn’t cheating or lack of effort - it was disappointment. We compared our ordinary relationship to highlight reels online and forgot that real love is repetitive, boring, and sometimes messy. Looking back, we didn’t fail because we didn’t care enough, but because we expected love to feel perfect all the time.
