Depends on the quality of the relationship, and how far along it is.
At first, you're investing effort in getting to know them. You wouldn't do that if you didn't enjoy getting to know people, so there's the second one.
Once you know somebody worth caring about, they become the goal, and the effort is merely a means to an end. There's the first. Odds are, the effort involved in keeping and enjoying a close relationship with somebody is, for the most part, pleasant to you, so again, the second one.
If it's a dysfunctional relationship, you may very well be keeping it going, not for the sake of staying with the person in question, but for the sake of being with somebody at all. Second again.
Or you might just hold it together because heck, you've been together for so long, why not?
tl;dr: Yes.
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At first, you're investing effort in getting to know them. You wouldn't do that if you didn't enjoy getting to know people, so there's the second one.
Once you know somebody worth caring about, they become the goal, and the effort is merely a means to an end. There's the first. Odds are, the effort involved in keeping and enjoying a close relationship with somebody is, for the most part, pleasant to you, so again, the second one.
If it's a dysfunctional relationship, you may very well be keeping it going, not for the sake of staying with the person in question, but for the sake of being with somebody at all. Second again.
Or you might just hold it together because heck, you've been together for so long, why not?
tl;dr: Yes.
My Unitarian Jihad Name is: Brother Atom Bomb of Courteous Debate. Get yours.
I've been writing a bit.