How can you know you are in a one-sided relationship?

[spice]

How to tell it? Do you have specific ways to analyze if when you are in a one-sided relationship?

[fairytale]

I think;

You're the Texting Champ: Basically, if you're the one always sending the first text or making all the plans.
Your Needs Are on the Backburner: Feels like they just don’t get, or worse, don’t care about what you need.
You're Like an Emotional Sponge: You're always there for them, but end up feeling more drained than supported.
It's All Give, No Take: You're putting in way more effort, and it's like, where's the love?
Emotional Desert: They're just not into sharing feelings or getting closer.
You're the Defense Attorney: Always making excuses for why they’re not stepping up.

[DaveJord]

I think this is a hard question to ask most men, because honestly, we all feel like we are in a one-sided relationship with women. It all depends on the circumstances and situation.

Not responding to text and letting someone sit on read for more than 4 hours is a big one. When they claim to be busy all the time. They hard to schedule plans with or confirm dates with. They have a lot of opposite sex friends; they came to busy and not about to schedule dates... but then take off on a week trip with "girlfriends"... that's a huge RED flag.

I mean seriously the list can be enormous, so without more details it's an impossible question to answer.

[caring__1]

When your actions aren't acknowledged or reciprocated.

When you're the primary person to initiate anything that adds to the relationship (not just personal needs).

When your actions don't seem to have significant impact on the other.

When other people and things are more of a priority than you.

When your thoughts and feelings aren't taken into consideration before the other person makes choices.

When you are minimized or turned into the butt of the jokes.

Actually, you wouldn't have asked the question if you didn't already see red flags, so don't ignore your red flags or rationalize the other person's dysfunctional patterns.

[NZGirl07]

When one person is making all the effort. For example intiating dates and doing things that are unreciprocated.

[Billlewis]

Yes, I ask her to do whatever she wants, and to become accustomed to being waited on hand and foot whenever we're together. If my prayers are answered, hopefully after a few weeks, I'll know if I've been successful in establishing a one sided relationship that is centered around the woman's pleasure.

[Peter_Penetrator]

If you set boundaries and those boundaries are constantly being violated.


If you’re married and your partner has no interest in respecting your boundaries. Your spouse rejects the idea of contributing and establishing a home, as well as, a future with you that both can look back on knowing your lives and that of your children’s have benefited from working together.

[Akothee005]

You can know it when you see that the effort you are putting in is not reciprocated like when most of the times you are the one to initiate everything in that relationship starting from calls, chats and even dates.

[Holsen]

When the other person is passive and doesn’t listen or pay much much attention to your talm or needs!!

[boggboss]

Surely it would be easy to work out if u are the only one putting effort into making the relationship work

[Angxl3120]

Replies late, not as sweet as they were, gives you less attention than their phones, etc

[Kelly6]

Not giving you as much attention as you give them

[Maddy2002_]

If one side doing all the work. Other side not doing anything but just being there.

[FreyaRed]

In what way one sided?

[overthinkergirl]

when just one of them is putting effort in

[Anonymous]

You are the only one putting any effort.

[Luckycharms12]

When it's you always making the effort