minimalistic practicalism

How far does one in a relationship need to be pushed to finally decide, enough is enough?

It’s a pretty difficult thing to judge, I think. After all, there isn’t a universal standard for human on this: everyone has different tolerance for different things. Some people can easily be pushed over the edge by doing the most “trivial” thing, albeit “trivial”, is also a very subjective description; some, will take, literally, the world, yet still wouldn’t give up hope. You can call it what you want: persistence, stupidity, whatever. In the end, what really matters is what’s actually done.

It’s even worse when love and belief are involved.

Say, a couple is really in love. However, the girl is extremely selfish, very “expensive”, and cannot stand her boyfriend talk to ANY OTHER girl. Should the guy stay with her, or give up? See, love, in this instance, would play a critical role. The guy’s belief in his love with the girl is also a very important factor in determining the continuum of their relationship. As a 3rd person, I would already ditch the girl and find someone who is WAY better. But love and belief are of total different realm as logic and reasons. We don’t base every little decision in our life on logic and reason. Instead, they are largely determined by emotion. Believe it or not, homo sapiens is a highly emotional species.

So the answer, I guess I can safely say, is that there is no way to know how far one needs to be pushed for them to finally give up their love and belief that something will change for the better. As sad as it is, that’s just human.

And while this is definitely not minimalistic, I believe this is a practical discussion.