Signs Your Partner Wants You to Change (And Isn't Accepting You)

Dream relationships have partners who love you as you are. Is that your reality?

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They criticize you but say they're joking . They may make fun of your clothes or the fact that you never graduated college, then claim it was a “joke.”

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Someone who loves you as you are wouldn't even consider those things negative, let alone joke about them.

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They introduce you as what you'll be, not as you are.

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When they introduce you to their friends or family, they share their dreams rather than reality.

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Maybe their ex is a third person in this relationship, always doing things better than you.

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Everyone has a past, but your partner's shouldn't dominate every conversation.

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