How to Spot a Fake Relationship
And what a real one actually looks like.
We all have done it. Stayed long after we should have left. We have watched our friends do it and wondered why is she still with him?
The breakdown of my marriage has been a long time coming and has been devastating at times. But one of the hardest elements to overcome is giving up the appearance of our happy life together. Letting go of the picture of our happiness was one of the last things to go, and one of the most difficult.
The fact is, human beings are essentially kind and forgiving and we love a happy ending. We want things to go well, we want our relationships to be good…but we want it so badly that we will pretend to have everything we want. Unfortunately, you can only fake it for so long.
And a fake relationship is pretty easy to spot.
They constantly post on social media
Happy couples rarely tell you how happy they are. They have no need to convince others of how successful their relationship is and they do not need to seek external validation of any kind. Likes mean nothing when you experience genuine connection.
In fact, the opposite is true. The more “perfect couple” posts, the more insecure the connection. A Northwestern University…
