Where does it start and where it ends......

it starts with chemistry and ends with chemical dependency...

This.

It's like the fire triangle, take away one of the three elements and the fire goes out.

It is a triangle!....Communication, trust, desire (chemistry)...Franky is right, when one of these is missing, the fire goes out....

So you recommend a love triangle?

I do agree. I think it starts with attraction, there should be trust, and real good communication.

I do think communication is the main thing though: it can create attraction, and it helps build trust. Many ppl have poor communication skills and don't even know about it. Poor communication can kill attraction, trust and love.
So if a relationship ends, I think it ends there.

Such an important thing, and none of us get training in this, so most communicate from the head, ego, fear, insecurities instead of from the heart, care and compassion.

Sometimes our society really sux. We get brainwashed to 'lie' and pretend so often.. Think about a job interview: "Oh yes, I've always dreamt of doing this work blablablar"
While in actual fact you're thinking and feeling: "Gimme the effing job, please!! I need the money and I really don't give a chit what I do, as long as I got a job!!"

Or being forced by parents to apologizes while you don't feel sorry at all for bashing that a-hole kid on the head, lol.

We get trained from early childhood to pretend as opposed to speaking our truth.

Usually the hi part works. Then if you like their face and body must know how to construct words together that form sentences and awesome questions. Something like: "Is it just me or are all these recent movie reboots bordering on unoriginality?"

starts with gaining trust and ends with loosing trust

it starts with "can i get your number?" and ends in divorce court....

usually it starts with a 1 800 number..
.. and then ends when I max out my credit card....

compatibility

starts with knowing who you are and what you want,, and finding another who has done the same

ends with you both being the 'what' for the other,,,

I like this.... I fully agree....

It starts with 'I love you' and ends when it becomes 'I loathe you'!

Let's be honest here. It starts when you like someone. Then you go through that whole lust phase (face it people....we all wanna knock boots and get freaky. Stop with the whole I can go ten years without sex cause while you can it isn't healthy). Anyways, you then feel that lust turn into companionship mode (communication, developing love, all the good and bad stuff goes here). And then you lose it when you either lose that feeling of companionship or you simply just become a whore and bang someone who isn't your special someone. Wanna know why most either never get to that companionship stage or leave it? They hate they work that is involved. And that is when it all ends. I'm out!

It starts with chemistry, then good communication between both parties, along with honesty and sincerity and then a solid trust.

Print and frame this because it is brutally honest and 99% true....Banging someone who isn't your special someone is the exception... That empty feeling that follows after having sex with someone I don't love is a biotch...Relationships with staying power require a ton of hard work, the kind of work that many people aren't willing to invest in...

The bad ones start with hot sauce and end with the chits!

The good ones start with hot sauce and end with sizzling Fajitas!!!

The mediocre ones start like slow cooked BBQ but end up like beef jerky,... dried up, tasty, and edible, but not really satisfying.

I wouldn't know.

... I forget... Pls refresh my memory...