If you know me very well, you know that I am a pretty positive person. I tend to look past people's flaws and try to see the good in everyone. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt and often times allow people to take me for granted. I love whole heartedly and would do anything for someone I care about. I'm not really sure if this is a good quality to have or a bad one, but I have been told many times that it's an admirable one. What I do know, is that a lot of times it has caused me to get hurt.
Recently, on more than one occasion and in more than one situation, I have found myself wondering..."When is enough, enough?". I wrote in a previous post that I have learned "sometimes you have to just walk away". But what I'm struggling with is this: at what point do you walk away from a friendship or a relationship?
We all have people in our lives that let us down. Like I said before, most of the time it has nothing to do with us. But what about those selfish people in our lives- the ones that never seem to think about your feelings. How about the friends that only have negative things to say about everyone and everything. The friends that only want you around during a breakup, the guy/girl that only hangs out when it's convenient, the people who get mad because you don't want to go "party" every Friday & Saturday night, or the people who always make plans or say things and never follow through. How many times do you let someone do things like this to you until you just don't care to try anymore?
We've heard the sayings, "When someone shows you who they really are, believe them." or "Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice, shame on me.".
As one of my resolutions this year, I vowed to not let people walk all over me & to stand up for myself. I have done a pretty good job so far.
I guess I would like to hear what you think. When do you think enough is enough?
