solitude and togetherness, to be exact........ they always taught us...... "man is a social animal" and we all know that lasting loneliness can even damage our physical health, not only mental.. but even if you ignore this, I think every human has felt the pain of loneliness at least once, so we should all know very well.. still, I get confused sometimes.. I'm not sure I've seen too many functional relationships or happy people in general in my life.. it just seems to me sometimes that people can't bear to be alone, but we also can't stand being with someone else.. weird huh, sounds kinda cruel... but I'm thinking.. if you are a healthy person, someone with a healthy mind who has had good role models in life. Then you know how to react, you know what you want and you respect yourself as well as others.. so maybe things can work out for some people at times.. but generally speaking, I feel like most people in most types of relationships end up parting ways, sooner or later....