Getting to know the purpose a person is to serve in your life is very important, finding out the duration of their stay is much more important.
This is why it is crucial to know if a relationship is for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
Overstretching a seasonal relationship and trying to make it a lifetime one might not end so well.
To figure out which and what it is we all need to go back to God in prayers for leading and devine Direction.