For those of us who experience romantic needs, we all desire – nay, crave a lifelong companion.
Someone who will fill up the cracks and crevices of our soul, who will make us whole.
A lover who will send us soaring when we are happy, and be our rock-solid foundation when we are upset.
Who among us hasn’t dreamt of a perfect love, one that leaves you happy and fulfilled for the rest of your life?
Alas, real life isn’t always quite like that. We are all human, flawed and problematic.
We can’t just rely on someone to fix us up – they too have their own needs, wants, and issues.
Real love – true, unadulterated, unconditional love – will always recognize that, and will cover all these flaws.
The best kind of love, after all, is when you still adore someone after taking into account both their strengths and weaknesses.
Finding someone who will love you that way… well, that seems to be a little harder, apparently.
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This anonymous 31-year-old woman has a problem less than six months into their marriage.
Posting on Reddit for help, this woman explains her problem as such – they got married, and then after Christmas celebrations, she noticed her husband acting oddly distant.
It was clear that something was bothering him, but at the time she assumed it was just the stress of life getting to him – they were both in the middle of some pretty big life changes at the time, after all.
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But the atmosphere just wouldn’t go away, and after she was woken up one night by her husband in tears, she had to find out what was going on.
The answer her husband revealed, however, was probably not worth all the begging she did.
As it turned out, he was bothered by none other than her laugh lines and wanted her to get Botox.
This, naturally, stunned her.
She assumed he was just joking, but apparently, this affected her husband so badly that he seemed to be in some sort of depression spiel about it, and would cry every day to make himself feel better.
That, apparently, was just how upset he was by how she naturally appeared.
To her credit, this woman refused to bow down to her husband’s wishes. She wants to age gracefully and knows that this is all part of the aging process.
Understandably, however, she is strongly affected by all of this, and how her husband apparently views her.
Her marriage was broken, so she turned to the internet to ask – just how can this be resolved?
Anyone with a lick of sense will probably be having a dozen alarms and sirens sounding off in their head.
What sort of husband is this? Why and how could his love be so conditional?
Netizens galore warned her that this is only the beginning – if she catered to his request, there was no telling just how far he will go.
This is a relationship that will only end badly for her – hopefully either he sees a therapist or she gets out before it is too late!