There's a recent comment on one of my blog entries that kept me awake for a couple of hours this morning. Grace said a thing or two about marriages, and how potentially destructive it is if it's done for the wrong purposes. If you want to be in a relationship just for the sake of feeling secure and because of fear, then it's obviously not going to end well. As Grace said, if you're already feeling crappy about yourself, how can you make another person happy?

I guess what I'm trying to say here is, insecurity carries on well into a relationship. Instead of making you feel secure, your constant dissatisfaction with yourself will lead to you wanting more and more out of a relationship, until your partner can't take it anymore.

Basically, learn to respect yourself before you respect others. Because here's the thing, if you don't trust yourself, how can you trust others?

Yes, I know I sound like a wicked hybrid of Oprah and Dr. Phil, but that's just my opinion. So there.