Hearing all the stuff about friends failing or succeeding in a relationship, a stupid thought flashed through my mind, a word that i learnt in secondary school maths, reciprocation. Originating from the word reciprocate, this word actually applies to almost anything, you can name anything in life and it applies to it. Just like you work hard, you get promoted. You study hard, good grades. So you put in good effort, you get good returns. Similarly, you put in bad effort, you get bad returns. Like, play hard and fail your exams. Something like that. So i realised this word which applies for most things loses it's prerogative to say "reciprocate applies to anything in life" when it comes together with the word "relationship". It is just that hard for "reciprocate" to apply in a relationship (wooing period mainly), you put 50% of effort, you SELDOM (not saying never) get back the good returns. So you put in good effort but get lesser or nothing in return. I'm talking about real time relationships and not flings. Relationships must be the number one cause of heartbreaking. If only relationships reciprocates like enmity, you give one punch to me, i'm dying to give you back two or three punches. You curse my dad, i curse your entire family tree, something like that, giving you back more than you deserve. Wouldn't it be nice?