My 2 Second Shelf Life

(worth posting again because the original comments were so interesting...and I'd like to know what newer readers think) 

"Here in the dark
in these final hours
I will lay down my heart
And I'll feel the power
but you won't...No, you won't..."

I have a question for you, my dear reader.
The Mister and me were talking this morning about someone we both know who does as they please, and if their partner doesn't like it...well, that's their problem.
Yet, their partner seems to just put up with it.

I told The Mister that I reckon that often many people feel that somehow, someone else's love is worth more than their own. That somehow, disregard or disrespect means to some people that they need to work harder to make their partner love them.

Truthfully, and logically, you can't make someone love you...no matter how hard you try. Putting up with bad behaviour, disrespect or betrayal, in the end just makes a person look weak, and willing to tolerate anything...which (in my opinion) just escalates the behaviour that the lover wishes to stop.

Someone told me once, "Always be the one to love the less", which says to me that a person must never show the full love that they have for someone, and if you can't do that, then...what's the point?

When I was younger, love was cut and dried.
It either was, or it wasn't.
Now that I'm older, I realize that there is more to love than that.
We all come with our broken selves, and we often spin in the circles that are comfortable for us, and tolerance is up to the individual, and sometimes those that think that they're doing as they please find out too late that how they were living was not what they truly wanted.

But, the question is: Is it better to be the one who loves the less?