Yes. It's frustrating when you keep putting in effort and the other person still acts like you're doing nothing.
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Yes. It's frustrating when you keep putting in effort and the other person still acts like you're doing nothing.
Especially when you know how much you're actually sacrificing behind the scenes
At first, I kept trying harder because I thought maybe I wasn't doing enough.
But sometimes the problem isn't the amount of effort. It's that the person has a different expectation of what effort should look like.
Exactly. I eventually realized I was exhausting myself trying to prove my intentions
And constantly proving yourself can make a relationship feel more like an examination than a connection.
I started asking myself whether I was doing it willingly or just trying to avoid disappointing them.
That's an important question because effort stops feeling healthy when fear becomes the main motivation.