{"id":17346,"date":"2018-03-01T18:49:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/when-your-partner-loves-you-more-than-you-love-them\/"},"modified":"2018-03-01T18:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-01T15:49:41","slug":"when-your-partner-loves-you-more-than-you-love-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/when-your-partner-loves-you-more-than-you-love-them\/","title":{"rendered":"When your partner loves you more than you love them"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A relationship out of balance<\/h2>\n<p>Have you ever felt like you\u2019re somehow giving more in a relationship than your partner? No relationship is completely balanced when it comes to love, however it\u2019s an uncomfortable feeling when it strikes you that there could be an imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>What if you\u2019re the one who doesn\u2019t reciprocate the amount of love your partner has for you? How do you reach this realisation?<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few signs that might suggest that you love your partner less than they love you.<\/p>\n<h3>Not a positive feeling<\/h3>\n<p>This is not the kind of positive feeling when you find your partner\u2019s behaviour cute or amusing. When your partner tells you I love you for the nth time in a day, loudly with a big kiss following the whole thing, and you just feel tired of the expression. You say I love you back, out of habit and you realise this.<\/p>\n<h3>All the guilt<\/h3>\n<p>As soon as you realise that you are the one who loves \u2018less\u2019 in a relationship the guilt machine roars into work. You feel guilty for everything. You feel like you\u2019re not being honest with your partner. You feel guilty for not feeling the amount of love that matches theirs. You feel like you\u2019re going to ruin something good that\u2019s going on for you and you\u2019re also afraid of breaking your partner\u2019s heart<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sad-lady-sitting-on-bed.jpg\" alt=\"sad lady sitting on bed\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themodernman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-make-my-ex-feel-guilty-for-leaving-me.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Image source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/were-in-lust-not-love-she-said\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cWe\u2019re in lust, not love,\u201d she said<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The self-doubt<\/h3>\n<p>When you\u2019re unable to love your partner as much as they do, you start doubting yourself. You start doubting your ability to love. You also start doubting whether you deserve this much love or not. The idea that you must reciprocate equally and the guilt of not being able to do so, makes you turn on yourself. At times you even start hating yourself and this becomes destructive for the relationship.<\/p>\n<h3>The pulling away<\/h3>\n<p>We all feel like we know the best way to deal with something like this. It\u2019s true and unfortunate. When you feel guilty and doubt yourself, you start pulling yourself away from your partner. You think you\u2019re doing this to protect them but it just ends up confusing them.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking that you don\u2019t deserve as much love as they\u2019re giving you, makes you act out. You start subconsciously, and sometimes purposefully distancing yourself from them. You try to explain it away by saying that it\u2019s for their own good. The truth is you aren\u2019t ready to have the conversation that needs to be had. No judgment here, it\u2019s a difficult one, but you have to be honest with your partner about these things.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sad-man-standing-alone.jpg\" alt=\"sad man standing alone\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/ak2.picdn.net\/shutterstock\/videos\/11814092\/thumb\/1.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Image source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/dont-miss-ex-just-miss-love\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">You don\u2019t miss your ex, you just miss being in love<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The opposite<\/h3>\n<p>In some cases, however, you try harder. You end up being extra present in the relationship. You come on too strong and this confuses your partner further. You also know that this is a front and all that loving is not genuine but you\u2019re trying your best. This dishonesty starts to eat you away from the inside and believe it or not your partner notices the change.<\/p>\n<h3>Honesty is the right thing to do<\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s no easy way to do this, but you have to. You have to be honest with your partner because that\u2019s the right thing to do. You can hold on just a bit longer out of fear of the breakup but you have to tell them the truth. This can go two ways, you guys either break up or try extra hard to work things out.<\/p>\n<h3>Vulnerability can be empowering<\/h3>\n<p>Here\u2019s the funny thing about the latter option, sometimes, just sometimes, you end up falling in love with them completely. You have always wanted to, but the honesty that you bring to the table changes the way you looked at relationships. That becomes the thing that you bond over.<\/p>\n<h3>Having honest conversations is difficult<\/h3>\n<p>We all hate vulnerability, but if we allow it, it can be our greatest power. It can start real conversations about real emotions with our partners instead of just pretense. Also once you are honest, you don\u2019t have to hide all the guilt, shame and lies that you were otherwise hiding. It\u2019s a difficult hurdle to go through, but sometimes you both can be two adults who look at the problem and try like hell to solve it. This doesn\u2019t happen always. But when it does, you somehow in a skewed way, end up finding the balance you were looking for all along.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/5-reasons-extramarital-affairs-open-now\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">5 reasons why extramarital affairs are more open now<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/gifted-divorce-30th-anniversary\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Why I gifted myself a divorce for my 30th anniversary<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\tLiked what you are reading? Subscribe to us! <\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/partner-loves-love\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">When your partner loves you more than you love them<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bonobology.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https:\/\/www.bonobology.com\/partner-loves-love\/>Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A relationship out of balance Have you ever felt like you\u2019re somehow giving more in a relationship than your partner? No relationship is completely balanced when it comes to love, however it\u2019s an uncomfortable feeling when it strikes you that there could be an imbalance. What if you\u2019re the one who doesn\u2019t reciprocate the amount &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tie-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}