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Hara-kiri or high on life? Why we sabotage our relationships

Oscar Pistorius did it, and it ended, tragically. Tiger Woods and ex-US president Bill Clinton weren't spared too. While the world awaits the truth in the Pistorius case, these events have, once again, highlighted that being popular heightens a propensity to self-sabotage. However, even those who aren't blinded by the limelight often crash smooth-sailing relationships on the lethal rocks of their past. What drives people to dispel happiness? We analyse the reasons behind this

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Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. But actor Ranbir Kapoor hasn’t forgotten a thing. “My parents had a troubled marriage for long, and I was caught in the middle because I was there,” the actor who has been labelled as the industry’s playboy and linked to quite a few of his leading ladies, admitted in an interview. “..let’s say, I didn’t grow up with rose-tinted illusions about love. I learned the hard way how complicated a relationship between a man and woman could be.”


My eyes on you? This picture, taken on November 4, 2012 during the Feather Awards held at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, shows South Africa’s Olympic sprint star Oscar Pistorius and his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pics/AFP/Getty Images

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