When a relationship that means something to you is troubled, what you do is enable honest reflections. People in troubled relationships do this a lot, to make the other feel jolted enough to “behave.”If an effort aimed at salvaging a relationship is cosmetic, the relationship remains an illusion. When genuine intentions are injected into a relationship, genuine changes manifest. Not many people who quit a troubled relationship do so because they are convinced they can be better off on their own. I don’t persuade anybody who feels strongly about quitting a troubled relationship to stay back but earnestly examine your motive.

Source: Punch August 21, 2020 23:26 UTC