Ever have a friend or friends that seem to fade away once they've entered an intimate relationship? Perhaps you were once one of these individuals, I know I was. You start off extremely excited to make contact with the new love interest. You anticipate their very touch, no matter how subtle. Perhaps you do not spend every day or waking hour with this person, but your mind cannot seem to shake them. And why would you want to? This person seems to be the answer to your call, the salvation to your lonely days… until you've been together for several months or perhaps longer, say a year. Now, the shine has faded, the excitement has withered to a smile when you see them (if that) and you are both well aware of make ticks the other toward anger. Still, even while there seem far more dreary days than happy ones, you remain attached, unable to let go and move on. You feel like a drone, without being aware of it. Your creativity has sprung in six months. Your laughter is systematic and disingenuous. But still, you cannot go or change the situation. It is as if you are stuck, drowning in a pool of "love" without a pole or ladder to get you out. There is a very simple and often sad reason for this…

To Be Continued…