>>508840855If you want an honest answer, then I can give one to you. Your friend, and other individuals and couples, failed to understand that "making it" isn't the end of the game. Life doesn't end the moment you have the partner, the kids, the house, the car, the job, etc. It keeps going, and they were too stupid to realize it. Life is a marathon, but it's not a 25k, or a 50k. It's for a lifetime. It won't stop. Even when the kids move out, life goes on. When the grandkids come to visit, life goes on. When their popping medications on a cruise ship in their retirement, life goes on. And on, and on, and on.
The reason people "snap" in a relationship is because they're finally realizing just how deep the abyss is, and they're not ready for it. They look down into it, and blink. They don't find satisfaction in what they have because they thought it--whatever "it" is--was going to make them happy. How can a wife make you happy when life goes on and she's getting wrinkles, her hair is graying, and she's getting more tired because life goes on? How can the kids make you happy when their dentist bills, school supplies, and food costs keep money out of the savings account because they're growing up and life goes on? How can the house, when it needs constant repair and upkeep because life goes on?
They can't handle that life goes on. So, they want a break from their lives, and will do absolutely batshit insane things in an attempt to, as they perceive it, "break the monotony", when in actuality, they just want their life to end. Once life is over, it stops moving on.