Most people say that a good relationship lies between good pleasure and controlled conflicts. As the pleasure spices up and sweetens your partnership, the conflicts are said to strengthen the bond of trust you have established with your lover. If the above statements hold true conviction of how a good relationship should be defined, how can we measure a conflict for it to be considered controlled? And how many bumps on the road should we suffer before we find ourselves sick of all the motions in this journey called love?

Every once in a while, a relationship steps into a single thorn amidst its sea of roses and is tested by faith and time itself. As we try to figure out with ourselves on the conflict that just happened, we have to basically choose whether we stay and go on with the relationship we just signed up for, or try to move on separate ways. This decision boils down to the frequent question I hear from crying ladies (even me), “should I quit?” As I began to throw this question to some of my trusted girlfriends, they were able to note that the quantity of the bump do not definitely matter just as long as the intensity of the conflict is not that much. Technically, the journey called love can be compared to a typical road trip. With every bump that we face on the road, we do not stop not until we face serious bumps that could definitely stop our cars in motion.

Conflicts are definitely part of the contract you signed up for in a given relationship. You just have to prepare yourself for this inevitable fact and try to give your fickle heart a heads up. Once you can feel the bump, then don’t be afraid to be taken and go with the flow. You’ll know when to stop, when your ride and journey called love just cannot continue.