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Are YOU the reason you’re single?
All Woman, Relationships
 on February 6, 2017

Are YOU the reason you’re single?

By Miss Kes 

It is extremely important that you are 100 per cent honest with yourself at all times. It is also twice as important to know yourself. Relationships often “dwindle away” or fail over time because of a lack of honesty, whether it is to ourselves or our partners.

Are you honest to yourself about yourself?

Before you can give of yourself, you have to confront you. It is best to know who you are before someone dictates to you who you should be.

How have people dealt with acknowledging that they might have been the problem?Tameka:Dan:Natalie:Sayah:

I was in a relationship for five years and the reason we split was because I was always in his ears about him cheating, until he actually did. I blamed myself because I had no evidence until he did it and even after he did cheat on me, he was the one to break it off with me.

To be honest, I lied to my man about many things so when he called it off, I totally understood. My lies caught up with me and that was that. See, a lot of women don’t like to be blamed, so we blame the men and yes, some deserve to be blamed, but we women really need to check ourselves too.

My ex said I was too annoying. He felt trapped like he couldn’t talk to any other woman and that really turned him away because yes, he loved me, but because of this constant nagging about him cheating when he wasn’t doing anything, he decided it was best we go our separate ways. I was hurt at first but when I analysed myself, I would leave me too because no one desires to live like a slave. That is when I decided to change.

I was told I was too self-righteous. Sad, but it was true. I thought I was always above everyone and I guess I took it too far when in an argument I told him he was beneath me. I am still a work in progress.

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