Good question. Been there done that lol. I think in those kinds of relationships there's a rollercoster of what aspects of a relationship trumps other aspects.
But after awhile you get dizzy and need to get off the ride. Then it feels boring because the other rides are not as exciting and and there's a sense of loss but with time you get on with things.
I've stuck around in a bad relationship, I've also had someone keep me around for longer than they should have when I wasn't that nice to them
One of my friends who is a male has this test he does to determine if he is going to emotionlly invest a woman. He asks himself 'if I were to marry her tomorrow, is there anything about her I can't live with, for the rest of my life?' If there is, he won't invest.
People don't change as much as we like to think they would, no matter what games we throw at them
I think that if we date someone long enough, they show us who they really are, and we decide whether or not we want to see that.
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