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*Relationships that abrogate all of your positive energy
*Relationships that don't contribute to the flow of love, life, and truth in your own personal universe
*Relationships that give you nothing but good sex and a headache (y'all know what I mean)
*Relationships with hidden truths, negligible respect, arguments without closure./resolution

It has been truly amazing how difficult it is to remove myself from or implement distance between myself and an individual in these type of relationships. It's getting a lot easier though!!!

Sometimes you have invested so much of yourself, and your return seems to be negligible
Sometimes you feel like you can ride it out, and things will be OK

Probably not.

This topic is close to my heart. I have been learning this lesson (THE HARD WAY) over the past year. All of my relationships had to be reevaluated. Family, friends, my acquaintances, etc. My entire life was RAG-GUH-DAY. By nature, I am a care giver, I take care of the people around me -- however I can. And that's not a BAD thing but... It was difficult, initially, to find that common ground. How do I do ME without setting myself up for misuse, abuse, or undue stress...?

Now I treat all relationships as I do monetary investments... stick with it and ride out the good times and bad times. But monitor the risk involved. Only invest so much of myself. Heck, I wouldn't keep buying stock in a company that NEVER returns or there is a consistent loss. Breaking even isn't a good thing over long term either. I oughta get SOMETHING back. I continue to give 100% -- but that 100% is relative to the risk.