"Obviously the
first thing that you notice about people is always the physical
appearance, but ultimately, when you say you're looking for someone,
for me, it's always a fundamental moral centre that you can't
tell in the first month."
"Falling in
love can be just like that, or it can be, the four months later,
'did you just say that? I love you now more than ever!' The new
experiences you go through in life with someone...you go 'wow,
I've never seen that before!' So it can be both."
"Commitment
can be complete monogamy or it cannot, depending on that complete
connection that you have with someone."
"I was very
close to someone who died, so that is a very difficult thing.
Often when I come home, I hope no one's dead...that kind of experience
changes your life not just in terms of a relationship but in bigger
ways as well."
"I think from
our parents' generation to ours, there's less pressure to be in
a relationship as fast. Consequently, there's more of a selfishness
that happens in relationships - 'this person isn't quite as this
as I'd like or this person isn't this...' - whereas before, you're
20-something and you're married, and you make do and you learn
to grow and accept things. But now people hang on till they're
I don't know how old, and it's 'not quite right...'"
"People have
different expectations. They're more self-focused - putting more
priority on themselves, their own wants and needs, as opposed
to building a relationship which is really a partnership, or it's
a new thing entirely...it's a team."
"There's no
more Leave it to Beaver, no more Home Improvement. Everything
now is Friends - all the people either in their workplace or going
through their personal crises."
"It's
reflected our change from a family-centred society to a me-centred
society, so it's definitely changed, relationships have changed."
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