I often hear people say, “True love is unconditional” but if we’re talking about intimate relationships shouldn’t we have conditions when giving our hearts and bodies to someone?
Sometimes I think we confused dependency with commitment and conditions with standards. Loving someone does not mean, “Stay and put up with his or her non sense no matter what!” It means, I will stand by you as long as you are respectful, supportive, honest, hard working, willing to communicate, responsible, secure, and most importantly, consistent. If not, then I will continue to love you, but I’m ghost, gone, see ya, outta dodge, adios, bye…bye!
There’s no way mature people who love themselves are going to trust their hearts and emotion and financial well being to someone without conditions.
Those who do are not in love; it’s blind faith, desperation, and foolishness.