7-8 years? I'm thinking minimum 10 but at same time don't think too much will change from 8-10 years.
Good post but I find a few things odd with this. namely; "Our interests and tastes have converged over time meaning we have more fun together than we used to".
Why is this odd?
1. Because the average bloke likes sport, beer, and tits and the average girl likes shopping, shoes, shit music and shit films. You go on to say she has learnt to like somethings you're into and you somethings her....
Question:
Why does it seem you both think you have to like the same stuff? My partner likes shit music, shit TV shows, in fact the only thing i like that she likes is our kids, alcohol, and most mutual friends.
There is just no way i can bring myself to like crappy reality TV or The Black Eyed Peas. Nor do I see a need to. In fact, I think I'd be doing myself a disservice not following the things I really like, vice versa.
Of course I could go out and find a girl who likes Led Zepellin and Pink Floyd and who has an interest in gratuitous violence movies, football, cricket, and surfing the internet, but she'd probably have a penis.
2. The sex thing. This is the first thing I get into when meeting a girl. Sex first policy. That prevents the "Oh, and by the way, I like to have my baws tickled by dwarf with a feather duster when I'm having sex" conversation 3 years into a relationship. That shit is up front and centre because sex is one of the most important parts of any relationship.
3. The excepted for who you really are thing. Surely that's an internal thing? Like a security thing. Pretty sure if a partner is there 10 years later and it makes you feel accepted then it isn't so much a love thing but an "i feel secure". Taker him/her away and replace with someone else and the answer is still "i feel secure someone stays with me for this long".
As I said, a good post, just a few things struck me as unusual for a relationship.