Rule number 1,000,002 of relationships.

There are a million and one rules to relationships, rules that many people can list off hand and some less obvious ones that we may learn of during the course of one, or (un)fortunately, in the twilight period of one.

We hear of them, we speak of them, and we claim to practice them. But if all those were true - claims and the rules we claim alike, then where is the justification for so many failed relationships? Surely we followed the advice Jack gave. How about the advice given by Kathy, our best friend from school a decade ago? Did we forget anything? Did we miss out one name in the phonebook to call to ask for help?

The problem with us is probably that we take anything that sounds intellectual or formal as sacred advice, strict guidelines, or even as panaceas, especially in the current context. If so, let me just add the 1,000,002th rule to the list.

Every relationship has different needs and works differently (If I may also add that some just never do), like how different diseases require different medications, and swalling 1,000,001 pills will only result in death. No doubts about that at all.

Of course, the optimist has a wonder-drug named Happy-1,000,003 - "If all else fails, so be it."