Indications That A Dating Relationship Should End

Indications That A Dating Relationship Should End:

• When you have very different dreams (and goals) for life and marriage – even though relationships can exist with some differences, dreams have to have at least some degree of compatibility
  
• When you have significant incompatibilities regarding real issues – important, basic values are just too important to give up
  
• When it seems impossible for your wounds to heal – repetitive hurts cause a lack of trust and trust is the foundation of any relationship
  
• When there are obvious relational problems – negative patterns must be reckoned with and not simply overlooked. Negative patterns would include physical abuse, extreme insensitivity to your legitimate needs, or repeated disrespect
  
• When either of you has significant personal problems – wise love decisions are made on facts, not hopes and sometimes the facts tell you – even when your heart may not – that it is time to break up
  
• You recognize that one of you isn’t ready for marriage – issues such as immaturity, still living at home, or a lack of employment are a few cues that one isn’t ready for marriage
  
• You recognize that the proposed marriage is not God’s will – according to Scripture, it is clear that if two are “unequally yoked”, they are out of God’s will for marriage (2 Corinthians 6:14)

- Donald Harvey, Lovedecisions