Healthy Relationships Support Group
No relationship is perfect. A long-term relationship requires constant effort to understand each other, fix misunderstandings, solve problems and continue to grow as both individuals change and evolve. How we deal with our misunderstandings is the focus of this community. Join us to find support, get advice, and share your experience with your relationship.
In my last discussion of advice, I wrote that I am with my boyfriend but am in love with someone else. I have thought hard and deep on this. I believe that what I think I am in love with is purely a man who sees a lot of good things in me that I want to see in myself. I don't think it's that I am in love with im. I love my boyfriend very much. I think this man has made me realize that I need to start loving myself first and I will be happier with everything else around me. Love is a hard thing sometimes, espeically within your own self.
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
I think loving one's self has to do with INVENTING one's self, working within the strengths and limitations of what God gave us, seeing the possibilities and maximizing our potential.
As i get older, I recognize that I'm moving into a DEEPER phase of life, yet have a resorvoir of strength that I didn't even know existed, evidenced by my ability to push greater weight in the gym and ride longer distances on a bicycle than when I was younger. Yet loving myself means that I need more frequent naps and periodic "quiet time". Can't abuse myself mentally, with work and fretting about relationships, the way I used to.
Hope this adds some additional insight!