Love. Sometimes it doesn’t last a lifetime.

Here are ten reasons why people fall out of love:

1. They stopped communicating. Conflict went unresolved, needs went unexpressed, and affirmations went unspoken. If good communication is key to building a healthy relationship, the lack of it can surely dissolve one.

2. They took each other for granted. It’s easy to assume that love is unconditional and to subsequently get lazy with each other. When respect and kindness disappear, so can the love.

3. Expectations weren’t met. In the beginning, it’s easy to accommodate your partner’s needs and wishes. Over time, however, people often default to “just being themselves” and stop bending to the expectations of their partner if those expectations are not shared ones.

4. One of them discovered something new about his/her partner. Betrayal can radically alter how someone feels about their partner. Discovering that your partner has hidden something from you, cheated on you, or behaved in a way that’s inconsistent with who you thought they were can do irreparable damage to the relationship.

5. Overwhelming jealousy took over. Yes, it’s reassuring to know that your partner wants you for himself. But when jealousy takes over, there’s no room for trust.

6. The relationship wasn’t built on a solid foundation. If the relationship started poorly, moved too fast in the beginning, or was the product of an affair, it’s likely not rooted enough to withstand time or overcome any real relationship obstacles.

7. Incompatibility. As a couple gets to know one another better — and the initial fireworks die down — they may discover that their lifestyles, priorities, and values don’t align.

8. Boredom. Or exhaustion. The relationship has either lost its spark or become too much work for one or both people to handle.

9. A major life event changed things. She’s given birth and he no longer sees her as a lover, just as a mother. He got fired and suddenly retreats into depression and refuses her help. Instead of embracing life’s adventures together, some couples crack under the pressures of hardships or the unknown.

10. It wasn’t love in the first place. Lust can disguise itself as love. Once the honeymoon is over, however, it can also leave a relationship feeling empty and lacking.

Have you fallen in…and then out of love? What was the reason?

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But how do you choose the best? It’s impossible to do so, of course, but that hasn’t stopped us trying. So, without further ado, sit back and enjoy our guide to the best love stories ever told.

1. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare

Okay, so it’s a bit over-done nowadays. But that doesn’t detract from the ability of Shakespeare’s heartbreaking tale to tell us all we need to know about human longing. Sit before the star-crossed heroes at the play’s end, their arms entwined in a deathly embrace, and you see with utter clarity that true love is impossible to control. Then wipe your eyes and return to daily life, knowing that nothing will ever be the same again. No matter how clichéd it is to choose Romeo and Juliet as our winner, no other love story comes close.

2. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

Set against the panoramic backdrop of 19th-century Russia, Tolstoy’s tale operates at many levels. At its heart is the adulterous relationship between the title character and the dashing Count Vronsky. That doesn’t end well, with Anna throwing herself before a train and her suicidal lover heading off on a death mission to fight the Turks. But there’s a parallel romance for those who like their love stories less tragic: Anna’s sister-in-law’s sister Kitty eventually falls in love and marries the likeable Levin, who himself undergoes a journey of self-discovery that many critics regard as Tolstoy’s real purpose for writing Anna Karenina. Worthy of second place for sheer ambition alone.

3. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Have you noticed the link between love and anguish? No one understood this better than Emily Bronte, whose one and only novel is an absolute corker. Heathcliff loves Cathy, and Cathy loves Heathcliff. But as with all good Victorian novels, class snobbery gets in the way of their passion. To cut a long story short, pretty much every character in the book ends up bitter, twisted and heartbroken. But the love never dies, and that’s what makes this a tale to be reckoned with.

4. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

Talking of snobbery, Jane Austen’s deceptively comedic tale of Georgian manners is a masterclass in social commentary. At its heart is a good old-fashioned love story – or a few of them, to be precise. The most striking one is between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, whose relationship is established along the now-standard lines of initial coldness, mutual attraction, large-misunderstanding-that-leads-to-more-coldness, and eventual happily-ever-after-union. Too trope-filled to be the winner, Pride and Prejudice nevertheless deserves a place in our top five