So, you are saying that there isn't people that have been happily married for 30+ years.

Geees how sad !!
Not all boats sink in the first storm.

I think the point here is that we all have been through a break up..hopefully we have learned and can help guide another, if they want guidance. My sons come to me with girlfriend issues..even with our "broken home" they trust me to guide them and understand that I have learned...
They talk to their friends I am sure of that..with important matters they come to me..
I know exactly what I did wrong before..I spent years learning how to "fix" me. I know that I have good advise if one asks, and because I have many younger than me friends..they do come to me.

I've never known any who were. I'm not saying they don't exist, since obviously I have no way of knowing everyone on the planet. My point was, just because you stay together for a long time, doesn't mean you're successful. And some people might have had successful relationships and the other person died or something, or they just decided to be friends, doesn't mean their relationship was any less successful. Again this is my opinion, you're entitled to think what you want.

This is classic.

I agree.

My parents are George Costanza's parents: Frank and Estelle. They're still together after 42 years, but I don't see why.

Exactly. But in the eyes of the world, their relationship is "successful" based on longevity.

Then heres some sound advice...
The best way to be sure that it won't end up in a break up.. STAY SINGLE

Na... I'll just wait for the right one and hope for the best.
And I hope she is a vegetarian!! Saves more meat for me to eat

Advice is just that... advice..
People are still going to do it their way.

All I'm saying is..
Yes single people can give advice.. just not the BEST source of advice in most cases.

This is so true, emphasis on the quotation marks.

Just because a relationship ends does not mean it is a failure...
love shared, children created, lessons learned, growth, compassion, My mother stayed married to my father for over 20 years while he knocked the chit out of her...so much for a successful marriage.

Compared to her my marriage was a blip in time, a minute..I'm quite sure I could give better advise than her.

Another good example.

I'm on a roll

I know what a successful relationship is, I've never had one, and the chances are that I'll never have one, but I do know what one is and what one isn't.

Wow, Thats all the advice I need to make any future relationship a real success *scratching my head*

The track record I have.. I am surly the wrong person to give sound solid relationship advice.

The only advice I might offer is what NOT to do.

Much can be learned by observing...

Definitely. Like with me, I've learned when a guy won't call you his gf it's best to kick his a$$ to the curb and find one who will.

Are we all meant to stay with the same person forever? People change...One who marries at 20 or 25 will surly be a different person by the time they hit 30/35...is it possible to fall out of love..I believe people come into our lives for a reason..I always say mine was so I could have pretty babies. That's an attempt at humor.
After all these years alone I am quite sure that I will find one and that will be it..one I will love and get old with and die with..but it has taken many wrong ones to get to the right one.
I'm just not convinced that the end is always so bad...I mean, sure it suks, sure it hurts..but I don't believe in accidents, and that includes those who come in our lives. What seems like an untimely exit, years later doesn't seem so untimely.
Just my way of thinking..quite sure it doesn't make sense to most...

Makes sense to me, lots of times endings are for the best, whether people want to see it or not.

I have come to discover there is a truth to this. If three different people tell you he/she is wrong for you, you may want to listen to them and cast your pride aside.