no ., not that Layla .lol..but she is just as famous ., I have put a link on another post . You cannot know the poetry and not know the story

Relationships are only as "Tricky' as you make them.

You can reverse the gender in what I say.
Him/her, he/she and so on.

In a relationship, it is nearly always a matter of roles.
He is expected to provide something and she is expected to provide something.
We get so caught up in those roles we tend to forget that each of us is a human being that has a mind of our own.

The way to prevent a relationship from being tricky is to constantly remember that the other is a person in their own right.
Too often we get stuck on ideas of what he is supposed to do and what she is supposed to do and forget that each of us are individual people in our own right.

He works, she manages the home.
Established roles that do not account for individuality.
The relationship gets tricky when one individual breaks the traditional role.
Now you are forced to think outside the traditional thinking.
The roles are not so clear anymore.

In progressive societies it is commonplace but in the older, long established societies of old world it is still pretty foreign.
However, the world is becoming smaller via communication.
Those new ideas are invading the old world traditions and people are thinking independently.
You either embrace it or you live in a world of 'tricky relationships'.
Since it isn't really going away, best to embrace it.

In this new world of individual realization, love and relationships can still flourish.
You embrace the person as they are and actively work to help them become what they seek to become.
This involves putting away the archaic idea of gender roles and embracing that potential of the individual. The relationship requires a commitment to the person and no longer a commitment to the idea of the union.
As individuals you become stronger and wiser.

If the relationship is built on the dedication and commitment to one another as a whole, it is wiser to have both as strong as possible. It makes the union strong.

It is too complex to quantify so simply. For each person it has a different meaning. For two people love is not the same animal. If you can successfully coexist, if you needs are met, then you are given a passing grade. For some people it can be physical and others more contemplative. Rarely do you find any non caustic mix. Something meant to last.
It takes a special type of person to endure, we all weren't build that way. Some of us are more high maintenance than others. Some have an insatiable wanderlust. I think most fill up their buckets with rules and anecdotes, experience so you know the dance. No one really knows though, it is still a point of awe and wonder trying to make sense of it. Maybe just accepting what we have and leaving it at that.

This is a sad perspective, and so not true. Love is a much deeper connection than sex. Love can manifest through sex or a hug or a look in the eyes. Love can be present before sex ever is and remain long after sex is gone.

I had a tricky relationship. she said she wasn't happy and since I was happy that I wasn't compromising enough. that we needed to find a level of compromise in where we were both equally unhappy. I asked why anyone needs to be unhappy, she said its called compromise. I said happiness is a choice so she left me.

I decided that though that was ok because I didn't want to be with someone whos goal was that I am not happy