Love Info

Breaking up is hard to do.

But sometimes staying together is even harder.

Every couple has their individual reasons for choosing to continue the relationship or break it off and discover the other fish in the sea; and sometimes a very unusual challenge will help to tip the hat in one direction or the other when it comes to the final fate of the relationship.

Enter into the equation one half of the couple in question currently being an imprisoned person, and there is just one more challenge to consider when making the ultimate relationship decision.

Interestingly, recent prison statistics show that the breakup rate for those couples with one party "on the inside" is actually much lower than for couples whose members can both enjoy life in the free world with one another.

Many who read the above paragraph are likely to be skeptical about its truth - after all, how can there be happiness in a relationship if one half of the couple is serving time for a committed crime, and is therefore not free to see his or her significant other whenever the desire may arise?

The answers to this question are definitely intriguing ones, but do make perfect sense when one thinks about it.

To start, it is not uncommon for two coupled up people to get on one another's nerves, sometimes even on a daily basis. This relationship problem is easily solved when one person is in prison - because prison visiting rules clearly state that an inmate is not permitted to have daily visits from the outside, there is hence no possible way the inmate and his or her significant other could fall victim to this relationship issue.

In other words, absence does make the heart grow fonder, which is a principle that also helps to explain why a relationship with a prisoner is easier to maintain than a relationship where both parties reside on the outside.

As for a second reason why a relationship with one member behind bars has a better chance of surviving without an imminent breakup in the future?

Communication.

The rules that govern life inside prison include a section detailing how often an inmate is permitted to make outside phone calls, and the maximum length of time each call is to last.

This translates to the fact that if both parties have something controversial to talk about, they better plan on doing it when the incarcerated person is scheduled for his or her next telephone session or else the issue will just boil over and fester, leaving both parties at a loss of what to do until the next communication period.

How can this scenario possibly help in the romance department?

The opportunity for the parties to communicate is governed by external forces (such as a prison telephone schedule), leaving the couple forced to use their phone time wisely to solve any relationship problem that may crop up. And of course if there are no problems, the couple can instead use the time to exchange pleasantries and enjoy their timed conversation.

Last but not least is the issue of the conjugal visit in prison.

Those couples on the outside who have their freedom are therefore able to enjoy the pleasure of intimacy whenever they wish.

Conversely, it is only a certain small group of the prison population who receives the privilege of a conjugal visit to begin with, a coveted benefit that an inmate must slowly and carefully work up to with good behavior and a clean violence record.

Paired with the idea that "absence makes the heart grow fonder," it is no wonder that a couple with one half in prison will cherish those visits more than two people in outside society who may take it for granted that they can satisfy their intimacy craving whenever they feel like doing so.

After considering all of these factors, it does make sense that couples who must endure one member being behind bars for a length of time do not have to worry as much about a future breakup.