When the Honeymoon Ends

It happens sooner or later in every relationship: someone will let you down. We have a term for the earliest stages of a relationship: the “honeymoon phase”—that rosy time period when everything but disappointment seems possible. We love the honeymoon phase because it requires no effort. 

The other person in the relationship has shown himself completely worthy of our love and trust, and we can’t believe we spent so much time tolerating lesser relationships when this kind of connection was possible. It is a pleasure to…