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[–] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't kill yourself to raise the dead. It is not your job to fix anyone or be their mother. A good relationship (platonic or romantic) is about "whole" people sharing their lives, not about any 'halves" completing each other.

Also, go to therapy or counselling if you can afford it. It is worth it!!

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago

That "you complete me" thing is toxic AAF, but it's been coded romantic to the point that codependency has been normalized in society as "true romance". Ugh.