Curse of vow: Relationship deal breakers and year of high-profile break-ups

Alfred Mutua and Lillian Ng'ang'a, Bill and Melinda Gates, Nick Ndeda and Muthoni Gitau. [Courtesy]

Shutting the door on a multiple-year-long relationship is probably no easy feat. Sometimes, the couple parting ways is faced with making crucial decisions about shared investments, properties, and often, custody of children. They probably did not see it coming when, in the throes of falling in love years back, they either walked down the aisle or decided to co-habit.

So what brings seemingly solid relationships tumbling down? It could be a matter of deal-breakers, which can be described as boundaries, which, if crossed will cause a certain end to the relationship.