6 Signs Should Help You Know Whether Or Not You Should Call It Quits

Everyone who has been in a relationship can agree that being in one takes a lot of work. While being with someone you love can give you feelings of bliss, these feelings will just fly out the window once problems arise. It is said that “love hurts” but is it really supposed to hurt this much?

When does one utter these dreaded words? When one can’t take it anymore. One says these words when quitting seems like the only option. Humans, as stubborn as we are, often view quitting as a form of cowardice. In fact, we would find ourselves to be using all too familiar excuses. “There’s always hope,” we say. “We could get through this,” we tell ourselves. But what happens when we have become so horribly hurt? We find ourselves retreating into a world of fantasy, of self-delusion.

We find that it is so much easier to deny ourselves the cold hard truth, when it comes to letting go of something. We would rather lie to ourselves and to our partner than utter those dreaded two words. In doing so, we have ultimately resigned ourselves to a slow death.

# You hold feelings of resentment

This burden is something one should never bear, because it carries a heavy weight on one’s heart. If you find yourself to be suffering in silence, all for the sake of “saving the relationship” you are not doing anything to save the relationship. What you are doing is letting resentment eat up your heart. It would slowly start to influence your behavior, and will ultimately lead to the demise of your relationship.

# You have lost all respect for each other

A relationship is all about respecting one another, and once that respect is lost, the relationship is as good as dead. There is no way that one should stay in a relationship where there is nothing but disrespect for each other. It will be the ultimate death sentence in a relationship. While people might program themselves to stay, their hearts and souls will be hurting and in due time, all the love will disappear.

# You can no longer trust the person

Another essential part of a relationship is trust, and when you cannot even get that from your partner, there is absolutely no reason to continue the relationship. When you find yourself constantly checking your partner’s phone or asking about their whereabouts, you have driven the final nail into the coffin. Trust is an expensive gift, so one should not expect it from cheap people.

# You begin to be apathetic

So what if your partner is crying? In fact, you harbor no feelings at all when it comes to your partner’s well-being. You find yourself to hold no feelings of regret over your actions no matter how damaging it gets towards your relationship. Fighting, crying and getting angry are testaments to the fact that you care. If you can’t even bring yourself to fight for the relationship, then the downward spiral will continue.

# Emotional blackmail seems to be your tactic

Do you find yourself resorting to emotional blackmail every time your partner makes a move about leaving? This should never, ever define a healthy relationship. It is, by far, the most selfish thing one can do to their partner and should be avoided at all costs.

# You have become cold

You know that a relationship is dying a slow death when both partners have started to become cold and distant towards each other. It would slowly eat away at your core, and it becomes emotionally exhausting to be with someone who has absolutely no affection towards you.