The 50% rule in a relationship, is it advisable?

in #love6 years ago

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I was having a conversation with a friend this evening where he was telling me how he loved his girlfriend but doesn't love her fully. According to him, he's giving her 50% love and keeping the remaining 50% to himself. That statement got me curious so asked him to explain better. He said he's keeping 50% to himself because he doesn't want to put all his eggs in one basket and then end up being heartbroken. He said he's doing that in case in the event of a break up, he can easily put himself together and move on to the next person. He said the 50% he has to himself will also keep him from being too jealous and overprotective of the girlfriend.

Our conversation got me thinking. Is this 50% rule really good for a relationship? Isn't one supposed to give one's all in a relationship? How is it possible for the relationship to work out if one is holding back some love. I,for one, do not agree with this. I'm of the school of thought that think that when it comes to love in a relationship, it's either you give your all or you don't give at all and let both parties involved go in search of love than keeping each other in deceit. It's either you love this person or you don't. You can't be a fence-sitter in the game of love. So you have to choose a part and stick to it. Life is too short to be indecisive.

So for me, the 50% rule is a no-no. If you say you are in love, give it a 100%. No reservations.

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