BIG Lies people in an unhappy relationship tell themselves

6. “Relationships Take Work”

Relationships do take work, but your relationship should not be so much work that it is damaging you both and making you unhappy. A happy relationship doesn’t come ready-made; it comes in kit form, and you have to assemble the parts to piece it together.

But if some of the parts are missing, your relationship will never work and you’ll constantly feel frustrated and unhappy. The end result of work is satisfaction, and if your relationship isn’t giving you that, it means that it just isn’t working.