First, relationships are supposed to make us better people. Do not get your panties in a bunch when your family, friends or co-workers are telling you something that you might not like to hear. Those that love you are supposed to point out areas in your l

First, relationships are supposed to make us better people. Do not get your panties in a bunch when your family, friends or co-workers are telling you something that you might not like to hear. Those that love you are supposed to point out areas in your life that need correction and if you are so immature that you choose to ignore the criticism, you could be ignoring important messages that the universe is trying to give you in order for you to prosper in your life. If you have chosen people in your life who just tell you how great you are, you are a wimp and will never be more than what you are. Get out there and surround yourself with people who will get in your face! (I'm not talking abusive people, just people who will call you on your shit when you are being a jackass or a dipshit.)

Secondly, your loved ones were not born into this world to follow your ass and pick you up because you failed to listen to them in the first place. The person who is most going to suffer from your acts and/or omissions is YOU! Everyone has their own shit to worry about. If you do, you do for YOU. If you don't do, YOU won't gain. BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOURSELF!!

Third, romantic love can get you higher than any natural or synthetic drug on this planet. In the beginning, that person who is the cause of your addiction ignites and fuels passions in you that you thought could never be possible. However, as fast and furious as that fire burns, the highly flammable substance burning will soon be all ashes causing the fire to be out as quick as it came. Look at how quick paper burns; seconds later, the fire is out. If anyone is to blame for the puffery of your emotions toward an object of your passions, it is you. If you are so consumed by your relationship with anyone that you have nothing left over for yourself and the other people in your life that care about you, then you had better re-examine the reason for your falling so hard in the first place. We've all been there and back. It's always fun being in that delusional state until you come back to your senses and you are like, "What the f--k was I thinking??" Hopefully at that point you didn't ignore your life so bad that you can recover quickly. At times we all too soon attach emotions to people who are not worthy of them and we don't even know it because we've prematurely convinced ourselves that this person is the moon and the stars. Our emotions change moment to moment. Do not commit your lifetime away when you don't even know the course of your own life for the next week let alone your whole life! GET REAL!

Fourth, even if the relationship is a stable one, keep true to yourself. The other person could always leave you and if you've been dependent on that person for more than you should have been, you might find yourself in a very vulnerable place and scavengers are always preying for people in those situations.

Fifth, be mindful of your actions . Don't do things you might later regret. Relationships teach us how to love and if you are in a relationship that is causing you to do things which hurt other people, then you need to examine that relationship. If the fruit that falls from the tree is poisonous, then you need to eat of another tree lest you'll die.