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All relationships have trade-offs

For a relationship to be sustainable, each person has to have enough of their needs met, and each must give things up.

Over time, the benefits have to exceed the costs. As relationships develop and each person allows themselves to be more fully known, the two of them can learn how to increase the benefits and reduce the costs. 

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