Inconsistency in Relationships is a Form of Emotional Abuse
Your feelings shouldn’t be in constant flux.
I’ve long said that consistency is a love language. It separates the opportunists from the committed. Anyone can behave a particular way to gain favorable positioning in someone else’s life, but it isn’t sustainable if not genuine.
Eventually, we revert to our true selves if putting up a façade as a means to an end. Anyone can be loving, thoughtful, and honest sometimes. It’s not difficult to demonstrate promising characteristics on occasion. However, habitual demonstration requires dedication.
It’s in those instances where commitment is lacking that we get the sudden feeling of not knowing a person to whom we thought we’d grown close. You can look at them and see a stranger once their mask comes off. Then, they may put it back on — only to take it off again. You start to question which side of them is real.
Perhaps every side of a person that you see is a part of who they are. Human beings are multifaceted. If someone demonstrates…
