Carolyn Hax: Can relationships grow if not headed toward cohabiting, marriage, kids?
But the real issue may be that you’ve outgrown your definition of “growing.” Cohabitation, marriage, kids are life changes, and milestones, but they are not in themselves representative of growth. As we’ve all seen here, they can just as easily represent stuntedness, inertia, confusion, misguidedness, selfishness, cruelty, fear, denial … have I missed any?
Source: WP
