At the beginning of a relationship love can feel like fire and ice. It’s visceral, your mind can race, your body can seize up, you can behave in ways you never expected you would. It’s a rollercoaster completely based on what’s in your head, not what’s happening in reality. It’s fun and crazy and brilliant and big. It washes over you and through you and you can’t get enough of each other and then…

… Well, then you are together for a while. A long while and you try to ignore those tiny little black hairs like squashed, anorexic ants on the bathroom sink and you put toenail clippers in a really, really subtle spot like on his pillow and you wish he ate fish. Why can’t he love seafood like you do?

What’s the last text message you received from your partner? Post continues after video.

People change, love changes, relationships change over time. Or do they?

We’ve asked women and men who have been together for ten to 54 years about what little – or big – things they have learned about love over time.

And, yes, the men did get straight to the point.

When was the moment you knew your partner was the one? The Mamamia staff confess when they knew below. Post continues after video.

Everyone has that one person they thought they were going to spend the rest of their life with. What would you say to the one that ‘got away’? The Mamamia team reveal what they would say below. Post continues after video.

Have you got any snippets of advice? Let us know in the comments.

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