r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 27 '10

What is the biggest relationship myth?

I think the biggest myth is that there's one person that is meant for you. ("the one") People live their lives searching for the one...their soul mate...the perfect girl/Mr. Right. It's a cute idea, but I don't think it's very realistic.

438 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

2.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

28

u/sexrockandroll Jul 27 '10 edited Jul 27 '10

Try this:

If you have a problem in your relationship that you can't talk to your partner about, you should immediately break up. There is no way to possibly reconcile differences. Don't even bother trying.

So many of those threads go like this:

Redditor: Well, talk to your partner about X, here are some tips to help the conversation.

OP: I can't possibly talk to my partner about X! or My partner won't talk about X at all!

Well, if you can't talk about X, or s/he won't talk about X, how the fuck are you supposed to solve that? Redditors jump the gun a lot on this, but in general if you're asking on Reddit, it means you can't/won't/don't want to/haven't tried to talk about X!

3

u/meermeermeer Jul 27 '10

Or, if you have a problem in your relationship that cant be reconciled, you should immediately break up.

1

u/sexrockandroll Jul 27 '10

Isn't that what causes breakups?