For all the things we're talk in school and in life (mechanics, math, language, finance), we're not taught about how to work through relationships. We're not taught that the relationship will change over time and that it takes different tools through the years to make it work. We're not taught how we'll change emotionally toward our partners and we're not taught about emotional bonding.

So it only makes sense that for a significant portion of the population, they have trouble with relationships. They find the wrong person and can make it work for a while or never find the right person or whatever. It's so much trial-and-error that it makes sense that people would become disenfranchised or feel like it doesn't work.

But with the right amount of self-work and work on the relationship, people can develop long-term solutions and affection.