A relationship is not only about loving someone unconditionally. It’s about compromising; being able to admit when you’re wrong, and it means saying you’re sorry…quite often.

 This means putting up with their crap...and you know what I’m talking about. The pushing your buttons, the hurting your feelings, sometimes it could even be their family

When you’re in a relationship, it’s not just about you anymore. You can’t just do what YOU want anymore; you have someone else’s feelings to consider. It means doing things you never had any intention of doing. It means biting your tongue. It means you stop doing things because your other half, that person you can’t live without, doesn’t want you to.

You compromise; you do what they want you to do, because you know it makes them happy. Because you’d do anything to make them smile, to see their face light up.  Because to hear the pain in their voice breaks your heart. Because to see the hurt in their eyes makes you want to cry. Because when you know that it’s your fault that they’re so upset, you don’t know how to live with yourself.

But most importantly, you love. You love and look past their flaws, because you see the greatness in them. You love them when they mess up, because no one else can compare. You hold, comfort, and stand by them when they’re at their weakest, because when they hurt, you hurt. You stay up with them into the wee hours of the morning on the phone until you both fall asleep, because even though there’s nothing left to say, you feel closer to them just hearing their breathing.