Blastercorps t1_iu4bwz7 wrote on October 28, 2022 at 1:34 PM

Reply to comment by duffeldorf in Whoever said its better to have loved and lost than to never have loved, clearly never dated a narcissist by [deleted]

That phrase was originally coined spoken towards the fabulously wealthy families of the early 1900s, who had enough money to buy the world, but kept screwing people for more. It was an admonishment that more money won't make you happy, so why not help your fellow man? It has been perverted in to the opposite meaning. Now it is said to poor people that they shouldn't demand fairness in life because you can't just go out and buy happiness. Yes, but try being happy without money, without food on the table or accessible medicine.

Reaver966 t1_iu5qcjv wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:17 PM

You know the term "costs you and arm and leg". You can also equate it to this situation. The relationship is to costly and takes a part of you. This term came after WW2 where war was so costly soldiers came back with no limbs. I know the comparisons seems strange; but I do believe you lose a bit of yourself in these toxic relationships.