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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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Study Suggests People Who Stay in Unsatisfying Relationships View Leaving as Bad for Their Partner
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(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday October 23 2018, @01:41PM
> If you do care, why would you want to break up;
Relationships are much more complex than that. People don't necessarily want to break up; sometimes it's necessary because one person is being hurt too much somehow.
There are parallel threads happening. Some aspects can be mutually beneficial, where some can be be very imbalanced. Most relationships are two-way. Rarely can someone just give and give with nothing in return. That's just the reality, despite some of the psychobabble to the contrary. I have a good friend whose girlfriend (fiancee) drains him financially. It's been going on for years. He keeps saying how much he loves her, but he really gets nothing in return. She's not much of a friend nor companion (at all). He just did an accounting over the past year and it's pretty bad and I think the end is drawing nigh.