8 Reasons Why You Can’t Turn A Toxic Relationship Into A Healthy Partnership

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Some acts cannot be forgiven

There are some things that go on in a toxic relationship that can be impossible to overcome. Infidelity. Stealing. Sabotage. If you or your partner did things in the relationship that had long-lasting and devastating effects on the other’s life – such as their finances, career, family, health, or home – that is very hard to leave in the past. You may want to leave it in the past, but the consequences might be very much in the present, and long-lasting. For example, if, during a fight, you did something to sabotage your partner’s employment that got him fired, and now he’s unemployed, unable to find new work…the effects of that will follow you both every day. The reminders of what you did (or he did) will be constantly in your faces. He may struggle to pay rent. He may have to give up his car. There’s a butterfly effect of the old abuse.