Do You Cover Up A Toxic Relationship With Grand Gestures?
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These gestures always take priority
Perhaps you screw over your friends on a regular basis to make room for these spontaneous trips or romantic evenings to save your relationship. Many a friend has been left ditched when you had clear plans because your relationship “has to come first,” and you and your beau got in a blow-up fight and feel you must pack your bags and go on a vacation right now to fix things. Maybe you’ve flaked on friends’ birthday dinners and book readings, and other events that were meaningful to them, because your relationship argument required immediate and intense attention – like making a big romantic meal at home, alone, until you get along again. If you can only get along through the use of huge gestures, that usually necessitates canceling on other people.
