Love is a lot like food. Not everybody likes everything. Some people like it spicy; others like it mild. Some love strawberries; others are allergic to them. Everyone has a favorite taste and a favorite food. The interesting thing is that favorite foods and tastes change periodically, based on a number of factors. Age changes taste: some things you hated as a child, you love as an adult, and then don't like them again when you're elderly. Sometimes, illness changes taste: foods that used to agree with you, suddenly don't; chemo can make things you love not taste so good or sit so well. Some people adapt to dietary changes better than others. Same thing with love. Relationships, like fine wine and cheese, change with age. Some folks don't adapt well to the change. Aged wines and aged cheeses are acquired tastes, after all. It's the relationship's and the individuals's in it desire and ability to adapt to what life throws at it that enables it to survive....or to die.
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