Romantic Love

Loving someone in a romantic way is a grand feeling. But romantic love also distorts our thinking. We may see what we want to. Because we see the good in our lovers we may believe our love will change their self-destructive behavior. We want our love to cure the incurable, heal the wounded, and give hope to the despairing. We lend them money. We flood them with praise. We pick them up after they melt down. Are you confusing being valued as the same thing as being loved and respected?