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When Is the Right Time to Make Sacrifices in a Relationship

Do you make sacrifices?

By Hester SchneiderPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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When Is the Right Time to Make Sacrifices in a Relationship
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It is said that love is blind, but it is also said that a healthy love comes with many sacrifices in a relationship. Nowadays you can have nothing without sacrifices, without giving up something you like, without fighting drastically, and especially without offering without asking for anything in return.

After all, what does love mean if you have to make sacrifices? But the moment you do them, you don't even feel them, because you do them with all your heart and with all your being, their action being determined by a need to satisfy the pleasure of the one next to you.

What sacrifices do we make in a relationship and when

When you already have a serious relationship and certain obligations come into play, you have to make sacrifices for the proper functioning of the couple, and that's where the changes come in. Whether you women give up a perfume that you adore because your boyfriend doesn't like it, or men don't go out to football every night with friends, all are considered smaller or bigger sacrifices.

The balance between what you receive and what you give matters a lot in a relationship, if not, you risk being in a situation where the sacrifice becomes harmful for one of the partners. And what do you do when you reach the threshold of unhealthy sacrifices for both yourself and your relationship? The steps taken so far are irreversible and the future is predictable.

Between good and evil, supreme sacrifices

When sacrifices are needed in a relationship, you need to have a broad and clear perspective on what you are going to lose or gain. Specialists have identified two types of sacrifices, each with negative or positive influences on the individuality of each party, depending on the mental effort involved.

Thus we have the good sacrifice, with beneficial effects that bring fruit, and the negative, bad, unhealthy sacrifice that harms both us and those around us. Evil sacrifice is the one that comes in obtaining personal benefits, which obliges the person to whom it is made, to give what is required, regardless of their own will.

This sacrifice involves accomplishments, in a relationship or even in a career, but in the long run, it only leads to destruction, unhappiness, and a limitation of the ego, of respect for oneself, because if we are not appreciated enough after a huge sacrifice which involves trampling our individuality on our feet, we risk reaching the threshold of a depression caused by a negative opinion about us.

The good sacrifice is, the bridge of connection, strong and closely connected with the strings of the relations between the opposite sex or of the same kind, about the fellows as well as to the loved one. Any interaction at the human level involves compromises, but that means that when you accept the views of both arts and try to achieve a common ground, happiness will not belong in coming.

And at work the sacrifice is enormous. The moment you give in as much as possible to the absurd control over the activities of those around you or yours and the things you interact with daily can lead to innovation and even a promotion or in any case to self-satisfaction.

The sacrifices in a relationship must be made so that they will thank you as a result and even more so that they do not completely waste your energy put in this game of love. If as a woman you give up some extravagant clothes that your boyfriend doesn't like, even though he knew you may be wearing them, you don't have to think that this way you have changed your life for him and the sacrifice made is one of the proportions.

You have to think that it is a compromise that will improve your communication because a man does not like his girlfriend to be in the attention of all men, because of the style of clothing adopted. What is his, is only his and no one is allowed to touch even with his eyes. Such sacrifices in a relationship only help to root out the bond between the two, thus creating a stronger connection.

At stake is everyone's pride. Thus, when you show him that you care about him or her through a small behavioral change or giving up a few details that boil down to your physical appearance, you can't do anything better than tickle his pride. The researchers found that women are usually the ones who demand sacrifices in a relationship from men, they are more possessive, wanting more to satisfy their cravings, these reactions being normal given the woman's need to be the center of attention. and to feel loved with demonstrations.

People have been taught to make sacrifices since childhood. Society forces us in such a way that we can no longer exist without acceptance in its bosom even if it involves radical changes in the way we are. Usually, these sacrifices are negative and affect us quite drastically over time if the results are not what we would have expected.

As in a relationship with our life partner, and in relationships with the community in which we live and the people we interact with daily we must make sacrifices but the balance must be harmonious, so as not to harm ourselves otherwise we risk causing frustration ourselves which can damage future achievements.

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