Everybody has heard the saying "love is blind." Although very few of us have taken the time to apply it to our own relationships, it holds truth, for better or for worse. I spent one of my first serious relationships turning a blind eye to the faults of my significant other. He would blow me off, and I would make excuses for him. He would treat me with disrespect, and I would ignore it. He …
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…back, whether or not I really loved him or was just infatuated with him, I still cannot answer. All I know is that since our relationship, I have never let a man treat me the way that Barry did. Although love is blind, it is our decision to be blind. We do not have to be blind to somebody's flaws in order to love; we just have to decide whether their flaws outweigh their assets.