Stop waiting for them to change
Stop waiting for someone to magically become who you need them to be.
Some of you are stuck in miserable relationships because you keep believing that if you love harder, stay patient longer, or sacrifice more of yourself, eventually they’ll change.
No they won’t.
And the longer you wait, the more power you hand over to someone else.
You keep focusing on what you want THEM to do:
Communicate better.
Care more.
Respect you more.
But the real question is:
What are YOU going to do?
Because that’s the only thing you actually control.
If you have to stay silent, overgive, and tolerate behavior that hurts you just to keep the relationship together, that’s not love. That’s fear.
People learn how to treat you through what you tolerate.
And if someone used to treat you better but no longer does, stop making excuses for them. That’s a choice.
You cannot force someone to change.
But you can stop abandoning yourself while waiting for them to.
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