Haven't Updated in a While

If you stick around through someone whose relationship with you depends entirely on their whims, it is not proving that you love them, but that you do not love yourself. Your love is not measured by the amount of abuse you take, but the amount of love you give. If you continue to be abused, you eventually run out of self love, and any love you give away to a person will not be real love, but a type of jealous, possessive desire.

Relationships and friendships are not based off of a series of favors to be given and returned, but there is a reciprocal aspect of giving love, and being attentive to the needs of the other. When the other in a friendship is not taking care of the needs of the other, it is no longer a friendship, but a parasitic relationship.

Self-respect is important in a relationship because it prevents you from being used. Self-love is important because any other type of love is preceded by whatever love you have for yourself. Any perceived faults will be projected onto the other person, jealousy, anger, possession all occur in loves of this nature, where self-love is absent.

Sorry the update wasn't happier. It's been a rough few weeks.