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Study Suggests People Who Stay in Unsatisfying Relationships View Leaving as Bad for Their Partner

posted by chromas on Tuesday October 23 2018, @02:46AM   

AnonTechie writes:

Why do people stay in unsatisfying romantic relationships? A new study suggests it may be because they view leaving as bad for their partner. The study, being published in the November 2018 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, explored the possibility that people deciding whether to end a relationship consider not only their own desires but also how much they think their partner wants and needs the relationship to continue.

Study that finds it's not just the investment of time, resources and emotion

[Source]: University of Utah

[Abtract]: How interdependent are stay/leave decisions?^{[requires js]}

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Original Submission

• Paul Simon (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday October 23 2018, @07:11AM

  by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday October 23 2018, @07:11AM (#752388) Journal

  There must be 50 ways to leave your lover. [genius.com] Making new plans, Sam. Wearing new crocs, Hos!

  But, orthodoxy.

  You Just slip out the back, Jack
  Make a new plan, Stan
  You don't need to be coy, Roy
  Just get yourself free
  Hop on the bus, Gus
  You don't need to discuss much
  Just drop off the key, Lee
  And get yourself free
  You Just slip out the back, Jack
  Make a new plan, Stan
  You don't need to be coy, Roy
  Just listen to me
  Hop on the bus, Gus
  You don't need to discuss much
  Just drop off the key, Lee
  And get yourself free

  Poor bastards for whom their better half is actually better, and stays just to take care of them. Kind of like having a Mother, motherfuckers.

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