Storms are very predictable, the clouds get dark, the rain starts, thunder , lightning. Then follows the sunrise the morning after. But no matter how violent and scary the storm may seem, you can always count on the morning, and a quiet after-storm peace to follow. In relationships, not so much.
They are unpredictable, when storms hit you never know when you'll see the morning light. Or if the tornado will just take you away like Dorothy. Sending you to a new world of, well, most likely single-ness. Storms come and go, some more violent than others, some light and quick. Like that quick 30 minute rain shower right as you pull up to the beach that you just have to wait out. Then you have those storms in relationship that no matter how long you seem to wait, the skies never clear, and you end up going back home, disappointed, pale, and with a load of crap in your trunk.
It seems to be the question we always ask in relationship. Can we weather the store? Or will we pack up early and go home?
Most of the time you have to live it and learn it. If you live through it, you can tell the scary storm stories. If you don't, well, you still tell the scary storm stories, just without a happy ending, and normally your homeless, and broke. Speaking in terms of a real storm tragedy, of course. Not relationships. ;)
But when your storms do come, youve gotta hold on to that umbrella, hold you towel tight and barely make it out alive. Because once it clears, you realize youve got got a whole beach to explore, and a whole lot of fish in the sea :)
