So you haven’t voiced your needs. You’ve let him miss your office party, your big presentation, lunch with your parents while they were in town, and your friend’s birthday party. Because he’s under water. Maybe he’s got stressful stuff happening in his family or at his work. Okay well…do you abandon him when your life gets stressful? Probably not. You don’t just get to take a break from being a partner.
Some people don’t actually know that there are couples who don’t fight all of the time. For whatever reason—perhaps their upbringing—some people believe that being unhappy in a relationship is normal.
Do you feel like relationships never work out for you? Do you also feel like every breakup is pretty dramatic, turbulent, disruptive to your life and overall a huge deal? Plenty of people go through a lot of breakups before finding their life partner, but they manage to do them without theatrics, lawsuits, restraining orders, […]
Being able to see another person’s perspective, considering what it would be like to walk a mile in the shoes of another, and exhibiting mercy are all wonderful traits. But there are just some things people do that you cannot forgive, and probably shouldn’t. There comes a point when forgiving someone would make you a […]
The signs are clear. It's up to you what you want to do with them.
The best things come to those whose wait...