The Effects of Settling for a Man Who is Less than What You Deserve ...

Settling for a relationship can be really difficult. I settled for quite a long time and I felt horrible because of it. If you are settling for your partner or feel like you are, take a look below.

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You Fear Being Alone

You Fear Being Alone You really, really do; that could be one of the reasons why you are settling for a man.

You Feel like You Aren't Deserving of More

You Feel like You Aren't Deserving of More You feel like you don't deserve the type of love that is forever and the respect that should be there. That isn't true, though, you do!

You Start to Let Yourself Slip Away

You Start to Let Yourself Slip Away And slide into a mold that he puts up. You shouldn't ever lose yourself in a relationship, especially one that isn't worthy of you.

You Start to Doubt Yourself

You Start to Doubt Yourself And every single action that you do.

You Get Depressed

You Get Depressed You know that you deserve more. That you deserve better.

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You Could Pull Back from Your Family

You Could Pull Back from Your Family Seriously. This happened to me when I was in this type of relationship.

...and Friends

...and Friends You typically don't have friends outside of his friends because … why? They aren't worth you either.

You Start to Forget What Happiness is

You Start to Forget What Happiness is And that's sad and hard to let go of.

You Have a Hard Time Finding Joy in Things

You Have a Hard Time Finding Joy in Things In anything and everything.

Hobbies? What Are Those?

Hobbies? What Are Those? You lose interest in everything, which goes hand in hand with depression.

You Start to Forget What You Were like before Your Partner

You Start to Forget What You Were like before Your Partner You start to forget how you were, what it was like.

You've Tried to Change Him Multiple Times

You've Tried to Change Him Multiple Times But – it never happens.

Your Sex Life is Always Lackluster

Your Sex Life is Always Lackluster And you know it.

Sometimes, You Feel Lucky to Have Anyone

Sometimes, You Feel Lucky to Have Anyone This feeling isn't good at all.

You Ignore a Lot of Your Own Needs

You Ignore a Lot of Your Own Needs Not necessarily putting his first, but you ignore your own.

You Lower Your Standards

You Lower Your Standards To meet what he is right now.

You Finally Accept Your Relationship

You Finally Accept Your Relationship Until – you change it.

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Is sad when you love someone and he is great in many aspects, many of them i truly like and admire, but that person is so controlling and manipulator you ended doubting yourself about eveyrhing. And the fear of never finding someone like him takes over

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I'm going through the a hard time right now,I've settled for someone I would never dream of been with and myself and my friends know I can do ten times better,I

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