20 Tragically Unexpected Truths You Learn In Your Twenties

7. Love Doesn't Always Last (And That's Ok)

In those hazy teenage years, your first love can seem like the most dramatic thing in the world. The be all and end all. But the truth is, you'll probably fall in and out of love quite a few times in your life, despite what British romance films tell us. Think how many times you have had a romantic relationship through convenience; because someone nice was in your class, studied at your university, or struck up a conversation at work. This highlights just how compatible we humans are with so, so many others, no matter what popular culture and its one true love notions begs us to believe. What's to say 'the one' for you isn't in a little farming village in Southern Zambia? Why do they consistently pop up within a ten mile radius? In your twenties you'll learn that you will probably love a few times, so it's important to enjoy each healthy relationship and regret nothing that didn't do you an injustice.