10 Common Emotional Mistakes That Hurt Lasting Loves

  • Publish date: Sunday، 02 November 2025 Reading time: 1 min read

1. You expect them to be a mind reader

2. You keep a secret scoreboard

3. You use the past as a weapon

4. You fight to be right, not to understand

5. You let the silent treatment become a tool

6. You make assumptions about their intentions

7. You stop being friends

8. You compare their way of loving to yours

9. You let thank you die

10. You ignore their little bids for connection

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I was just thinking… it’s weird but—

The things that actually end relationships, the real, lasting ones? It’s almost never the big stuff. Not the one huge fight, or the one massive mistake.

Honestly? It’s the little things. The quiet stuff. It’s a thousand tiny paper cuts that you don’t even notice are happening until you’re bleeding out.

Not gonna lie, we all make these mistakes. We’re human. But seeing them… that's the first step to stopping them.

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