28 Toxic Things That Your Partner Should Stop Doing Right Now (3 of 7)

Creating a scene when you don’t agree with all their opinions

You are a unique individual and have the right to have your perspectives and opinions. If you find yourself suppressing your opinionated self to keep the relationship smooth, your partner is probably not the one for you.

Consider communicating this to them and find out a middle ground to deal with it. Both of you need to understand that every individual is unique and has a unique set of tastes, likes, and dislikes.

It’s alright to voice them out but it is wrong if you choose to call out your partner just because they have a different view.

Manipulating you into making them your prime focus

Don’t make your partner your everything, and make sure they don’t make you theirs either. The whole point of being in a relationship is to be two halves of a whole.

If you find yourself sacrificing your interests and hobbies because the relationship has become too time-consuming, it’s time to reconsider.

If you start to make them your whole world, chances are you will lose your qualities and interests which might leave you feeling lost with no clue about who you used to be before the relationship started.

The key is to stay who you are, but better. Don’t commit your heart and soul into a relationship to make it sustain. You want a partner, not a project.

Encouraging unhealthy habits

Maybe you’re on your journey to quit smoking fifteen cigarettes a day to none, or not gulp down a whole bottle of vodka every other day. If you see your partner insisting you to smoke or drink just for the sake of it, it’s a major red flag.

It means that they are not respectful towards the battle you are fighting to stay clean, and instead are pushing you in the wrong direction. If you see them encouraging such unhealthy habits, ask them to stop.

Your partner should support and push you towards growth in the right direction, instead of demotivating you and proving themselves to be a roadblock.

Not caring about you losing your true self

Your relationship might be riding the highest of its highs, but you’ll know that you’ve hit the lowest of the lows when you lose your own identity. Often, in a relationship, we tend to alternate or improvise our habits and perceptions to suit our partner’s needs.

In this process, we lose our true, authentic identity and become a whole different person. If you find yourself changing and your partner supporting it, or constantly pestering you to become akin to their ‘idea’ of you, you need to stop and reconsider your relationship.

You’re in a relationship to feel good about yourself, for someone to compliment who you are, not manipulatively change you into somebody you never knew.