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Question: When you find the pace of a relationship steadily declining, do you do a Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai and stay to fight the losing battle to the very last drop of pride and dignity, or do you end it to get a head start in moving on?

The phrase, "opposites attract" is becoming cliche. Where immense passion just as easily swings into intense dispassion, fights begin to take a toll on you. Our fights sure as hell out weigh the good times, but quoting Puan Mashuri, the art teacher clad in slippers with socks, "it's quality, not quantity". The thing is though, who ever processed her two cents worth?

It's sad really, when you realize love alone isn't enough to salvage a relationship. The two hands that intertwine are eventually forced to let go to enable productivity, and so it is. Each of our destined paths slowly, but surely diverge. And then it boils down to how many close calls it will take to separate us?

I'm trying my best to clench my fists, but like sand through my fingers, I'm watching you slip away. But until then, linger on, order up. Let me get drunk in the ocean that is your love, for the hangover's still a day away.