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When the thing keeping them together is something external, for example they're the only 2 gay people in the area.
Another external factor I've seen as an albatross is being together because of finances or insurance.
TIL the word 'albatross' has more than one meaning!
Also kids.
One of my friends in college was dating this insufferable girl, nobody in our friend group liked her, she would suck the soul out of any room she entered, and she just followed this guy everywhere and would be miserable. Like, he was in a band, and she hated the type of music they played, but she would still go to every concert and sit and sulk and complain. I never knew if it was him forcing her to go places/hang out with us, or her jealously smothering him in hopes he would leave the friend group so she could have more of his time, or what... We asked him why he was staying with her, and he just said "She has nice tits".
Right after we all graduated college, they got married. We asked him why they were getting married, and he said, and I quote: "It just makes sense from a financial standpoint". Bro no.
I went to his wedding, and it was a miserable affair, and then I never saw him or talked to him again.
I actually stumbled into him a couple months back, it's been ~10 years since I last talked to him. He's still with this woman, and now they have a child. I have no additional details. Somethingmust be working, but who knows...