Relational Ambivalence
Relational Ambivalence is the experience of contradictory thoughts and feelings—of love and hate, attraction and disgust, excitement and fear, contempt and envy—toward someone with whom we are in a relationship.
We are taught that love is unconditional, passion is absolute, and that finding “the one” should clear us of all doubt. But relationships are never black and white. We learn that romantic love is supposed to flood us with certainty and thus there is no room for ambivalence. But ambivalence is as intrinsic to relationships as love itself.
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Esther Perel's Blog - The Myth of Unconditional Love in Romantic Relationships
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"And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make…" ~ The Beatles
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