Does the maturity of our relationship grow as we age?

I have had four wives and several de facto partners. Up until the current one, the longest anything had lasted was 4 years, but this has already hit 8, and that simply completes the trend over my life that confirms your hypothesis. As for the specifics, I had girlfriends before my first marriage, but it lasted 3 years when I was 22-25; the most recent began when I was 59 and continues. Lash

I am not the type of girl who had waves of suitors hanging about. But I have seen girls who gone through that. I think age does things to you, makes you grow up both physically, mentally and emotionally. I am with my partner for about 7years now and I think that indeed as we grow older, we are more mature in terms of 'keeping' relationships. We notice that fights and dramas are rare and things are becoming more 'stable' without being boring. I have also conversed with my friend about such a few months ago. He has also revealed that he noticed that now that we're 'older' we tend to keep relationships closer to our hearts and are somewhat 'tired' of all the immaturity in life. I do hope that things would continue as they are, and I wouldn't mind if they would turn out greater. Only one thing is sure though, relationships are there to be worked on, it isn't easy but it should not destroy a person's life. We (my partner and I) have gone through a lot of ups and downs and I think being in love with each other and working on the relationship has made things 'happier' now. But of course, who am I to be talking about all these in finality? I am a mere traveler of the wonders of the heart and the end is not yet in sight. There will be adventures of bliss and hopefully lesser 'heartaches'. Have a great MyLot experience ahead!

oh gosh my shortest relationship i cannot even think about how old I was. I think as I get older my relationship does get more mature in other aspects. Not necessarily being longer than the relationships I had when I was younger. The maturity of it goes more into seeing it more as a partnership not all about what I want a relationship to be.

i guess that would really depend.. my shortest relationship was in my senior year and it only lasted for two weeks.. the reason is because i have another crush that time which happened to be far.. my longest relationship is what i have today and we are still counting.. we will be 5 years together this coming april.. i am very committed with this relationship that i don't even want to star anew.. maybe it's of a person's maturity level and his/her perception of relationships that will make it last.. not because of age because there are people who are old at age but is still immature..

I think that as we grow older we are in fact more mature. We make better decisions and know more of what we want from a relationship and life in general. Lets face it, how mature are we at age 16, 18, or even early 30's? But this does not mean that all people are immature at these ages because it depends on their upbringing. I have known oldercouples to stay together longer than younger couples. But then again it does vary. I think that my shortest relationships occured in high school and in my later teens. My longest relationship lasted 16 years. So I suppose it varies from one couple to another.

If you're thinking about marriage, then think again. Marriage is real bad for your health. And it also steals all your good years. I know because it happened to me. But my very first relationship, I was young, lasted like a few weeks, Then the next one lasted a few years. Then the one that stole my years from me, the ex. That lasted 17 years. Now, I am to old to relive them or get them back.

You know yourself better as you mature, and therefore should know better what you are looking for from a relationship. That doesn´t necessarily mean a relationship will last longer of course, as maturity may make you less likely to settle for second best.

If you started the relationship with positive conponents then it should grow and florish. My longest relationship was about twelve years. My shortest probably afew dates. My longest was when I was probably mid thirties. I won't be in another relationship and just don't care to go through it all again.

Hi Lore maturity does play an important role when it comes to relationships. The relationships tend to be stronger now than before. But still, I slightly tend to differ on this as I believe a relation stays as long as you are willing and allowing it to live. If not, any relation breaks. If it wouldnt, people would nt have sought divorces even at 60s. My first friendship was at school and some of my friends are still with me. The other friends who came in after I moved in the real world (after school and college) - many diverted to other friends and locations for better opportunities and we lost communication. I did not have any love affair and it was only at 32 that I liked one, proposed her and am married to her. We recently celebrated our 5th Wedding Anniversary.

My longest relationships I had between the age of 17 and 39. My shortes I have now. I don't think maturity of the relationship grows as we age. I think the older we get the more we know what we like, accept, dislike, what annoys us and we are less willing to give in anymore or to take care of someone else.

No I don't think as your relationship grows as you get older that it'll last longer. I think how long a relationship last depends on the two people themselves and not there age. How old was I when I had the shortest relationship with a guy was when I was 20 and it was almost a year. The longest relationship I've been in is the one I'm having right now with my husband. We've been together almost 3 years married almost 2 of those years. We start our relationship when we where both 20 years old a few months after I broke up with my last boyfriend. We knew each other before we went out for like 4 years before dating. We are about to celebrate next weekend our 2 year wedding anniversary.

In my opinion, the sustainability of any relationship depends on understanding. If there is close understanding between you and your counterpart, the relationship will last long irrespective of your being old. All the relationships, not just acquaintances, I have developed are still green. If I'm not mistaken, the first relationship I developed was at the age of 7 years.

longevity of a relationships depends on the persons involve with that relationship. no one can say that they will last for a long time or they will not,only time can tell. because relationships depends on how strong feelings do they have and how they treat their relationship.

yes it last longer but it depends on how you handle the relationship.relationship grows when you have the same faith in God, same religion, and same point view in life..in my case i had these but not giving enough time to my partner makes our relationship into nothing..i was 18yrs old that time he is my first boyfriend and my husband too..we last for 15yrs but since trials and problems arises during that time as couple..since we cant recover of what we had lost but im sure God has a reason why He allow this things to happen..now i know that life is not in our hands only but through Him we cannot live by our own..

I've never been in a relationship that last for years. I realize I didn't want to be committed to the man when he and I didn't share the same point of view. But I was wrong. By doing that, I didn't gave chance for both of us to understand each other. So now with my boyfriend, we don't have same the same hobby, nor the same point of view but I do give us time to find out whether our relationship will last. And it survive to this date. He might not be sharing my POV but he has his own good sides that I come to like. Back to your question, I do believe relationship will mature over time. We will learn more about our partner and that can strengthen our relationship.