The worst thing about saying something you don’t mean is once the words are out of your mouth, you can’t put them back in. If your significant other says the wrong thing at the wrong time leaving you heartbroken, it’s going to take a lot of effort to put those words in the past. The good news is that true love means learning to love unconditionally and working through the tough times together.
You Can’t Take the Words Back
Most of us have been there. You were arguing when some of the worst thoughts you’ve ever had about your significant other go through your head. Sometimes you can bite your tongue, other times you just can’t let it go. He said something that wounds you to the core, something that you don’t even have a response to?other than just staring at him or bursting out crying.
He might suddenly say he didn’t mean it, but if he said it, he meant it. We speak the truth when we’re under pressure and sometimes we say things we don’t mean. There’s no way he said those things just to be hurtful to you. He said them and he meant them, so start with that truth and work on the problem from there.
You’re Hurt, but You Should Discuss It Anyway
You’re heartbroken, but you have to talk through it. You have to talk about the difficult issues because it had to be bothering him if he spoke the words he did. Even if something was buried inside for years and he suddenly brought it up, it’s there in ...