My window of tolerance is sky high.
I will justify unacceptable behaviour to no end.
They will show me exactly who they are, yet I won’t believe them.
My red flags detectors were on, I simply decided to play dumb by overlooking the obvious painful truth.
We give and give and give, they take and take and take. They come first on our priority list - we come last on theirs. We beg for the bare minimum and they can’t even meet that threshold. I think I left my self respect out the door. Why are we desperately giving our all to maintain a one sided relationship?
Commitment doesn’t stand for convenience. Romantic relationships can’t stand the rest of time if we don’t nurture them. We shouldn’t have to play the part of our partner because they’re too lazy to put some efforts into our partnership. When you communicate in a healthy and loving way to your partner that you are feeling hurt by their limited investment into your relationship and they don’t do anything about it, make yourself a favour and leave. The truth is that people are the way they are. They won’t change their ways unless they are deeply committed to doing that kind of hard work (spoiler: most people aren't.) Save yourself some time and further heartache.
Some people simply seek out romantic relationships for their rewards. They’re here for the better without the worse.They will meet your needs when it’s convenient to them. Don’t forget, you’re operating from a place of “What can I do to make my partner happy today?” meanwhile they work from a place of “How much can I get from this relationship using the least possible amount of time and effort?”
The worst mistake I made beside fooling myself was to get fooled by their empty words. What good are apologies for without changed behaviours? They’re all talk but no action.They love you to pieces but they can barely fit you in their schedule. You’re their soulmate but they violate your trust and boundaries. Read the room honey. They don’t have the emotional maturity to be in a romantic relationship. They don’t deserve your love.
They will never love and value you the way you desperately want them to.
They want you to stick around because you don’t respect yourself enough to not put up with their shit. Since when has it become normal to have to fight to be worthy of receiving a good morning text? That’s what happens when you date people who are 0 dating material and could care less about giving you 30 sec of their time to keep your mind at ease.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
