I had the "perfect" therapy relationship and it ended horribly and abruptly after seven years. I used to sit and say of course it's real and on and on, but no more. When you pay someone to do a service for you it isn't "real." It's a business to them and you pay for their advice and help or whatever. Ending one day really doesn't have anything to do with it being a relationship. I didn't word that well.

I also wanted to add that I admire and want to have stopdog's attitude toward therapy. I think it would have been a lot less painful for me that way. Realizing the truth before it was too late. I got crushed.