Do You Have A Timeline In Your Relationship?

Although life has not taught me everything about love and relationships, it certainly has taught me not to put a timeline on a relationship.

I remember when I was in my 20s and dating the man who ultimately became my ex-husband. I was crazy in love and worshipped the ground he walked on....fo real, fo real.

We had dated for about 5 years and I wanted to be married, period! As one of my friends often says, "It was no longer under investigation." I loved him, he loved me and that was all that was needed or so I thought.

Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey's breakup after 5 years took me back to that place of 5 years of dating when I sooooooo wanted to be married. I'm not saying that this caused Jim and Jenny's breakup, but the 5 year mark is more so what got me thinking of my past.

It seemed like Jim and Jenny were happy. But who knows what was really going on behind closed doors?

Any who.

Their decision to split sent me on a self journey. I do that quite often :) So I was thinking about why did I think that at 5 years that the marriage magician should step in and work its wonders. I wondered why it was at 5 years and not 2 years or 1 year or 3 years? What the heck made 5 years the number that made me eagerly want to take the marital plunge?

I kinda came to the conclusion that immaturity and love are an incredible combination. It is what makes people run off and get married. It is what makes people forget about everything in their lives except him or her. It is powerful.

And while my self journey didn't really offer any concrete answers, I still wonder what made me do what I did. Love is crazy but who knows :)

Do you think that there should be a time limit placed on relationships? Should a person know if they want to get married by a certain amount of years?