An Unhappy Relationship or Stay Single?

Unhappy relationships are so common that there is hardly a person who has never been in such a relationship. An unhappy relationship might be just that you give more than you get, or that you simply don’t have feelings for your partner, but it could be also a relationship of violence and abuse. Unhappy relationships are certainly not a bliss but for some many people they are the better alternative.

Unhappy Relationships Do Have Their Benefits

As strange as it sounds, even unhappy relationships have their benefits. Well, not everybody will put up with an unhappy relationship but there are people, who are really desperate and who clutch on what they’ve got. Very often people stay in unhappy relationships not because they like it but because they are stuck. Some common reasons to be stuck in an unhappy relationship are money, kids, property, security, inability to make it on your own, etc. Who says that being in an unhappy relationship is voluntary?

If you can’t make enough money to support yourself, or you don’t know how to take care of yourself, then any relationship could be your meal ticket. You don’t love your partner but you love the plate of food you get now and then. In some sense, an unhappy relationship could be the best to happen to you. Maybe you have found the best offer for you and you don’t have a chance for something better? Could be that.

Being Single Means Being Free

On the other hand, many people will not put up with with an unhappy relationship. Some of them regard an unhappy relationship as a temporary relationship till they find something better, while others break out free and stay single. When you are single you are free but can you handle this? There are many benefits in being single but freedom is not for everybody.

For many people being single makes them feel lonely, isolated, fallen down. The barrier could be a psychological one – i.e. there is such thing as a fear of being single – but very often these people really can’t cope when they are on their own and they really need a crutch to hold onto. In such cases, they simply don’t have the choice but to stay in an unhappy relationship. This is a very sad situation and unfortunately it happens way too often.