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To me, the whole purpose of a relationship (as opposed to a casual fling) is to make investments that will pay off down the road. This requires a sense of indefinite permanence. Yes, your direct relationship will end eventually (death) but your investments, such as the family you create, can continue forever - in that sense the relationship you have built need never end.
If your lesson is truly a good one, why is it that all the successful marriages I'm aware of are based on absolute and indefinite commitment? Or is my sample non-representative? How many successful marriages do you know that are conducted with a consciousness of impermanence?
Now I am confused. "Till death does apart" is BOTH an absolute and indefinite commitment and a consciousness of impermanence. For example the novel cliche "and they lived forever ever after" lacks the later part. Forever vs. death.