Something

For me to keep in mind when I start looking for the Capital R Relationship... Try to avoid getting entangled with someone who has more baggage than I do...and who is more high maintenance than I am. I fully admit that being with me isn't easy...and I think I'd be OK with someone who has a similar amount of issues as I do...but I don't have the wherewithal to give a lot of support to someone with more issues than I have. I have to remember that in the long run, no matter how much I may care about someone...I need to care about myself more. Giving too much of myself isn't going to help either of us in the long run. In the past, I would sometimes slip into a state where I give & give...and it just seems to be expected that I keep on giving, no matter what,...and if I pipe up & let it be known that I'm running low & could stand to have some giving tossed my way...the other person seems to be less than thrilled. That just plain needs to be avoided...but as I well know, things like that are things I still need to work on.