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Emotional health (and self esteem and self love) are the number one most important thing in a relationship. It’s all one packaged deal.
…n actions and emotions, while NOT taking responsibility for the actions or emotions of others. It’s understanding we are not responsible for what others think or feel, including how they believe we should think or feel.
So it’s not that some people value “space” and “independence” in and of itself (though we may), but rather that we’ve learned to lean on ourselves, and space allows us the domain in which to do that.