What's the longest relationship you've been in?

The one that I am in now is for over ten years. I have relationships with everyone in my community and I love them all very much. The best thing about it is that I have friends that I love to live for. My relationships go broader, and I feel deeper, than the conventional spouse with children relationship does. I prefer the larger circle of community relationships that contain more aspects and challenges which make them more fullfilling.

I certainly have had my difficulties with relationships in the past and have had many things to learn about them. I'd say that the conventional idea of relationships based mostly upon a single spouse and children always felt confining, and intuitively I've always been drawn to something larger than that. I am really grateful for what I have now and am committed to it for the long haul.

Hanuman