Is it Worth Trying Again?
Honest answers to a few simple questions might help you decide.
Ending a relationship isn’t easy. It doesn’t matter which side you’re on. Whether you’re the one contemplating ending it or the person being left, it is a situation many of us face in our lifetime. Often, more than once.
Wondering if you should try again is normal if you loved the person once.
If you’ve been together a while, shared children or pets, or weathered other storms in your relationship, “Is it worth trying again?” is a legitimate question.
It can be a life-changing decision that will have many consequences. It will affect the lives of many other people besides just the two of you.
It will require a lot of work.
I struggled with this question for many years as my marriage limped along in a toxic cycle of unhappiness. When things got real bad, I would fantasize about leaving him. I would complain to my friends and my therapist about his abuses and atrocities.
And then, life would go on. Things would get better, or at least tolerable and next thing you know, I’m looking through rose-colored glasses convincing myself that maybe it isn’t that bad.
