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Take Them Along For The Ride — The Best Relationship Advice I Ever Received
Too many couples in relationships rely on the other partner to validate their life.
They show no initiative on their own, wait for their partner to invite them to things, and are, essentially, totally lost without them by their side.
The friends they met through their partner, the passions they developed only because their partner pushed them to do it, and for every choice they make they seek their partners approval.
This is not a life. It is a codependent existence.
These codependent existences happen a lot within a very controversial zone called “The Friend Zone”.
In it you will find people that will give their life for the person they love, but will not live their life by their own terms.
Many love songs, love poems and romantic movies teach us that that is what it is supposed to feel like.
Society tells us we should be willing to die for the person we love, when in fact we should live for them, for that is much harder.
People that are willing to die for someone may find themselves to be romantic, as they think they give the ultimate sacrifice, but those chasing that belief are more like overgrown children rather than adults.
