Rhapsody-

Yes I hear you when you say that feeling empathy and being able to relate to others is important in a relationship but there is a difference. To wake up everyday and not even being able to recognize your own feelings of needs and wants and have it determined by your mate if he's having a good day or not, I feel it has stepped over the line. In a relationship tension and negativity is contagious and its hard not to let it affect you but to say that if your partner is happy then you must also be happy is hard to understand how so many people have gotten so misled with such understanding.