You’ve been taught everyone has faults.
You’ve been taught relationships require effort.
You’ve been taught staying and trying to fix a situation is better than walking away without a fight.
Joel Valve
Youve been taught relationships require effort.
Youve been taught staying and trying to fix a situation is better than walking away without a fight.
That means they know which buttons to press.
They know how to earn your forgiveness.
Or they will swear theyre going to change to make you give them another chance.
They know what you better hear.
It takes a long time to realize youre in a toxic relationship because youre in love.
You want everything to work out.
You dont want to admit its time to leave.
You dont want to admit you wasted your time on the wrong person.
You dont want to admit youve been lying to yourself.
It takes a long time to realize youre in a toxic relationship because it wasnt always like this.
At first, your person planned out dates and surprised you with playlists.
They treated you with respect.
They would have done anything for you.
You have trouble believing the person you first met has disappeared.
You keep telling yourself the toxic way your person has been acting recently is a fluke.
You believe theyll change back eventually.
You believe this is only temporary.
They dont know how nice your person can be when they arent treating you like shit.
A part of you wants to stay together just to prove them wrong.
It takes a long time to realize youre in a toxic relationship because you trust your own judgement.
You couldnt imagine falling for someone who would hurt you.
Admitting your person is toxic means admitting you were a fool.
It means admitting you were conned into loving them.
And you dont want to admit you could have ever been so naive.
You have to get out of the situation.
You cant keep dating this person.
