How can you tell if a relationship is broken, so broken that both of you can no longer fix it?

SailorMarz · F Best Comment

I think when you've tried & tried but end up with the same results. and you both just end up tired and frustrated, and the only thing keeping you together is the fact that you don't want the years you've put into this relationship to just go down the drain. You feel like you can still do more to save it. And even tho you don't get along anymore, theres still love there, and they're like family

And even if you're not quite as into them like you used to be. You're still afraid to see them with somebody else

Fungirlmmm · 51-55, F

@RemovedUsername329422 People change and go in different directions. Communication is so important

RemovedUsername329422 · 51-55, M

@Menetics: I don’t know. I guess that’s probably it. According to what she says NOW, she was often unhappy. However, she’s always been a “half glass empty” kinda person. So because of that, she has so conveniently FORGOTTEN all the GREAT times. Not even a week before she left, she was going on & on about how “blissfully happy” she was (HER words; not mine). So, NOW she’s only looking at the things that she WANTS to look at. She’s recently been going to Al-Anon. Through this, she says that she’s discovered some things. That because she’s the child of an alcoholic, she tends to “internalize” everything negative. That she “internalizes” her problems, and even does the SAME thing to OTHER people’s problems. So, I just don’t understand WHY someone would actively CHOOSE to worry about crap that (in the grand scheme of things) really don’t amount to a damn thing?!? But, again, perhaps I’m just dense??