love guster, don't eat them

oh man. the show was soo amazing tonight! we got there late, so we missed most of rufus, but that wasn't a huge loss. i mean, i love his music, but it isn't great live. but we were in position and ready to rock by the time ben came out, and still rocking through the seamless transition to guster. i love guster, so so so much. and they really are one of the most amazing live groups. and by guster i had mostly dried off - but even if i hadn't, isn't a concert in the rain awesome? oh, and since we were with deb we met up with one of the guys from off the beat - way cool.
so all in all a fabulous event!

it seems to me that relationships are struggling left and right, most of them ending in defeat. i mean, in the past few months, i can't even count any more how many relationships have fallen apart. and not just romantic relationships - friendships, relationships among family members - it's all a big mess. i suppose we all come to a point in relationships where you have to either give it 200% or just throw in the towel. i wonder sometimes, what would have happened if i hadn't given up on some? would it have lasted, or would it just have prolonged the pain? and then there are the times that i gave 200%, but the other person had already quit. in relationships, can we ever really win, or are we doomed to that struggle where, most likely, you'll never see eye to eye?