Tolerate

Life is short I told my friend. She had just got through telling me that her marriage was on the rocks. After one divorce and then an abusive boyfriend she thought maybe this time she had got it right. The phone call left me with a less than positive outlook about love and relationships. My friend described being out of town and getting over 10 drunken phone calls in a night and even recently of being followed to the dry cleaners. At what point do you finally stop ignoring the red flags? I tried to be a hopeful romantic this year. Yet, here it is almost the end of summer and I find myself wondering are there still good relationships in the world? I hear so many romantic horror stories and love gone bad that it can be difficult to still believe. Maybe some of us are just destined to be alone. However, that’s ok. It’s a choice we make. Isn’t it better to be alone than to tolerate behavior you know is just wrong? Yet, many of us have done it before because we hold out and hope that things will eventually change and get better. Does it though? Does it ever get better? In a world of rocky relationships and broken promises I can help but wonder…

How many excuses will we make?

How long will we wait?

How much will we tolerate?

All in the name of love.