My mom and her partner were together for quite some time.

My aunt and her "wife" have been together for a long time now.

My Godmother and her partner have been together since high school.

Does this happen in your city too? Do gay couples outlast a straight couple???

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"Cos I used to be a superhero... no one could touch me, yeah not even myself.... you were like a phone booth that i somehow stumbled into... now look at me I am just like everybody else!!!"

However that is not necessarily the case. I think every relationship is unique in it's own way and both gay/straight relationships have their own set of problems.

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Brittany
Scarleteen Advocate

#1) Coming out and all can be a really strenuous thing at times and it carries risks with it. So, if you've come out as a result of some relationship you are in and/or want to form, then you might feel that you've put so much into it and it may feel like a very big deal and that you are more committed because you have come out for the sake of it. (Does that make sense?)

#2) It's possible that by coming out and engaging in same-sex relationships a person might lose various friends or family support, which means that the relationship(s) they're in become more important. I mean, consider this: In a straight relationship, if it ends, you will generally have friends coming out of the woodwork saying things like "Oh I knew this would happen...let me help you out..." and, in general, just support you--whereas, there's more of a limited community that one has if one's "out" because not all of those same friends would be as comfortable comforting you after a breakup with a same-sex partner. They might even decide it's now time to get you a nice opposite sex partner and fix you up. :P So I think it all comes down to knowing that there's less of a support system for same-sex couples. I mean, I'm not saying this kind of stuff is bound to happen, but I can imagine it happening. I know that my uncle would have never had any support from his relatives or anyone that I personally knew had he had a breakup (to the point where I'm not even sure if my uncle ever had anyone because we just don't know because it was not discussed...), and so the partner can really become more important, I think, than family or friendship ties. I'm not sure if that's really healthy but it's probably necessary in many cases.

That was a lot of random rambling--I hope it made some sense.

I bet if they allowed same sex marraiges, that percentage would drop.

From the other point of view though...something I just thought of...there would be a bunch of U-Haul gays who get married...so...I dunno. I am confus-ed. Night! LOL
~Shandi

Also, we should take into account that in the past "till death do us part" meant 20 years or so whereas now it could mean 60 years....

Just some thoughts.