17 yrs in the LS and we've never had a single major disaster, is that even possible or am i missing something
paranoid post incoming, sorry. f43 m45, married 24 yrs, in the LS since 2008. so 17 yrs deep. and i was thinking last night about how every couple we know in the long term has had at least one major event — someone caught feelings hard, an outing scare, a betrayal, a 6 month rough patch where one of them wanted to quit, a quad implosion, SOMETHING. our best friends in the LS (12 yrs in) had a 9 month break from each other in 2021 when she fell for a regular. another couple (14 yrs) had their teenage son find a profile two yrs ago. another (18 yrs) had a club outing that almost wrecked his career. us — nothing. like seriously nothing. weve had small awkward moments (the obvious — first time same room felt weird, a couple of times where one of us wasnt in the mood and we cut a night short, normal stuff) but no actual disaster. no catching feelings, no outings, no jealousy spirals, no fallouts with a regular couple, no career exposure scare, no kids finding anything, no betrayal, nothing. and im starting to wonder if (a) we've actually been incredibly lucky and well calibrated, (b) we've been so cautious we've never really pushed any edges and thats why nothing has happened, or (c) something IS happening underneath that i just havent noticed yet and im due for a hit. like is 17 yrs of clean LS a real thing or is the universe storing up a big one. i know i sound insane. ppl who have gone 15+ yrs without a major event — does this exist or are we hiding something from ourselves