When do you give up in a so-called relationship

Hello sublime03, First of all relationship is supposed to be enjoyed and shared. It is a mutual and communal act. You share each others' lives but you don't own each other. No one should be possessive. Second, relationship is a commitment, once you commit you should bear in mind that it's not a joke, it's not a game, it's serious business. Third, relationship should be viewed as involving more of a DECISION and not out of emotion or reason. It's not something that you decide every now and then whether you go on or you quit. NO! it's not like that. It's something that you decide to stay despite the adversities and tribulations (if I may say) in your relationship... Those things being said, it so empirically I am not an advocate of broken relationships. You don't have to decide to quit if you really don't have to. I don't really and actually know when to say quits or it's over, what I know is that you should not make hardships and trials in a relationship to be the reason why you quit. Trials are made or happened to strengthen relationships and not to break such. If you still value the person involved in a relationship then don't quit. (I hope this would somehow help you think twice if you are in a verge of giving up). God bless you! :)

The following signs will help somebody or any person to decide when to give up in a relationship; 1. You no more enjoy physical relations. 2. Mutual discussions don't work. 3. Sticking together just for the sake of it. 4. You compromise to often. 5. Trust and respect are lost. Timing of giving up is equally important. Do not keep waiting under a hope that situation may improve and a better day will arise. If the above signs are evident, then do not wait. Give up a relationship before you are forced to give up everything else. :)

if you're talking about a relationship between a couple, i would say that you should give up when there's no more love and trust in the relationship and you just keep on hurting one another. i think time is not the most important in a relationship but it's the quality or how you nourish the relationship in the years that passed. there are couples who are in a relationship for more than 10 years but there's no love between them anymore.. i also think that if you're in a relationship, both the guy and girl should not lose their own identity. and if time comes that you feel you're losing your own identity just to satisfy your partner, then i think you should also give up on your relationship.

Yea, I dont know. My relationship status is pretty bad. My girlfriend is getting more distant and distant. So far its only been like 5 months, but I feel it falling apart. I want to be with her but it feels like she has no time to be with me even though she has so much leisure time. She says " I see you all the time" I dont how to respond to that. When Im there she doesnt care but when I say I gotta go, she says" you better be back soon" Its kinda wtf, women are not understandable, but theres a connection which is hard to break once its there.

Oh,when there is nothing left to hold on to. This is my ultimate reason why I should give up on a relationship. It is not just about love but life it self in general. Ten years is quite a record to break to last that long in a not so happy relationship. Probably, the hatred must have been there for a couple of years now and I can not imagine the misery in both parties living with a person you no longer love nor even respect. For the past ten years, I'm pretty sure that both husband and wife were working on their best to keep the candle burning but when at the end of it all they found themselves still hating each other, then, I must say, it is the end of the rope for them already.It is time to get a new life. Start anew.

I would definitely give up on a relationship if the love, from which the bond was established, is already gone. The time spent with each other is not assurance of a hapily ever after romance. There are couples who had been lovers for several months only but they end up living happily together as husband and wife. In my own point of view, relationships is a matter of love, respect, trust, and God-centeredness.

It really is an individual decision as to when they can still see good in the relationship worth fighting for, and when they say they cannot take another day. I do not think there is one answer on this one. No two situations are exactly alike and people are different. Support your friend in such times with love and kindness. Give advice when requested and try not to judge, unless you must communicate important truth, then do it in love - lots of love.

When neither person feels as if the relationship is worth working on anymore, then, in my opinion, it is time to move on. If both people still think that there is something worth saving, the couple should do whatever they can to work on it and try to make it better. You cannot make someone love you, but you can decide how to treat those that you love.

Hi sublime! A ten year relationship is certainly nothing to give up on easily. I know that things are not going to be great all the time..but...if I had given everything that I was into it and we still was not happy...that would be my time to move on. I don't expect to be amazingly happy all the time...comfort outweighs certain bursts of happiness...but there is a time to cut your losses and get out. If I had come to the point that I could not stand to be around my partner, I just couldn't stay. Life is too short to be unhappy.

It depends on each individual. It takes time,it takes sometime to give up,trying to patch up things,trying to mend what can be mend,wanting to pick up pieces and make it good as new. But,when heart gets tired..it will automatically says' "stop". Yes,it will stop beating for that someone. You will suddenly realized that "hey,what i am doing?" i have to let go,i have to moved one,get back my life. You will never understand why you feel that way,all you want to do is free yourself and be happy without that someone in your life anymore. Heart get's tired and LOVE do fade as time goes by when not taken cared. happy weekend

When a partner tell a lie .I don't allow dishonesty in my relationship..When my partner can longer be open and honest to tell anything his up to. I hate liar and that would definitely end my affair no matter how long we've been through. The most of it being unfaithful is also a must to me and it would be a cause me end up everything we had if I will find out that hes being unfaithful. I think if he can't stay being faithful meaning hes no longer happy with me so I don't have any options but to last our relationship..As I won't keep someone whose not giving importance to my effort though.. Happy myLotting!

I'd give up my relationship when there is no left reason to fight for it, especially if my partner has no feelings to me anymore i have to let go :-(

If I were to be in a relationship where as we changed into a roommate type relationship and we treated one another with hatred, it would be time for a change. Reason why I am saying is that if per sa I live with this person for 10 years and there was not change then 10 more years will make me yet that much older and I do not particularly want to let go in 20 knowing that at 10 it was not working. Saying this means we were done but somehow lived in a routine type situation.

Actually, you could feel if your partner has totally lost his/her love for you. When there is cold shoulders, constant exchange of harsh words and a feeling of "i don't care anymore" attitude, then it's time to give it up.

The problem is that the one waiting on the other to improve should be looking at their own faults. There is plenty there to fix first.

After I had tollerated both physical and mental abuse,which I should of never done,I was young and nieve.I finally left my fiance.But,I have not given up on any relationship after that.Usually,the other person would just leave me,while I was trying very hard to keep it together and work out the problems.

Some relationships just need time to develop and grow. Giving up on them isn't always the answer. We should at least give an honest effort to the relationship. If it starts to seem too much like work instead of fulfillment, it may be time to reconsider the relationship you are in and if it is worth pursuing.

hi,relationship ends when we dont get the right of ours.every individual has its own preference and special living ways.we are interdependent as we also are to be co operative.relationship when in misunderstanding and no clarity will definetly endup.it doesnt means how may years it only is that we hav no matching in opinions and living ways.

i dont want to do this since it will lead a loss in friends an d relationships...

if you really love the person you will accept him for what he is, and adjust with each others personality. but if you no longer feel love and still stay with the relationship where both parties are already unhappy, you'll get hurt more. so, better end it up and stop wasting time. Your friend had to start looking for her true happiness.