When To Stop Trying To Heal Your Relationship
Is It Time To Give Up?
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I'm an optimist. I think I have a knack for seeing the best in a couple, even when they're in a difficult period of their relationship. But I'm also pretty pragmatic, and the reality is, not all relationships are going to get better. For most partners, there's a ceiling or upper limit on relationship quality. And for any given couple, you're then left to decide whether that "best possible" version of your relationship is good enough for you to stay in.
All that is easy enough to say, but it's harder when you're in the position to decide. Keep trying? Accept it for what it is? Or walk away?
Today, I'm exploring reasons why you might want to be done trying. Of course, it's never for me to decide if a couple should break up, but from years of experience, this is my two cents on when it just might be time to call it.