Love Doesn't Equate With Respect
We tend to be blind when we love. Because it says that, "Love keeps no record of wrongs." we are inclined to believe that it's okay even if the people we love mistreat us. We feel okay with it because we understand and because we love them. But, of course, we are humans. We feel pain. We get hurt even by the people we thought would never hurt us. It hurts most when we are hurt by the people that we love. We think that they won't hurt us simply because they love us. But surprisingly, they hurt us and did it more than we expected. At times, the people that we love take us for granted. They tend to disregard our feelings. They think that we are immune to feeling hurt. They think that we are okay with their mistreatment of us. Since we don't react, we just suffer silently. We think that we shouldn't be mad at them because we love them. Especially when they are family. Or sometimes we gaslight ourselves. We think that we're just overreacting. And it's impro...