Why do people stay with people they don't trust?

@all_n_one (2003)
United States
December 23, 2006 4:34pm CST
I have seen this over and over again a male or a female doing crazy things to spy on the person there with. The part that I don't get is why be with somebody you don't even trust. I just feel that a relationship should be based on trust i'm not saying be dumb about it or anything. I think once that trust is gone they should either build it back up or be done with it. So my question is why be with somebody you can trust and always has you in panic mode because you don't trust them?
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@trancer (243)
• Romania
24 Dec 06
maybe because you think that the one you stay with is your owned and you don`t want to loose that ...or you get some advantages from that relationship as money or reputation ...smth like that i think
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• India
24 Dec 06
people stay with those who they dont trust bec just they r mad for the love they expecting from that person. they keep on saying in dont trust... n all but they expect more from that person just bec they love that person... and someday somehow this person will win his/her heart and there will be more of trust worthy relationship
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@dienutza (449)
• Romania
24 Dec 06
you begin to be a trusted person when you don't make stupid things like cheating lying and so on..and i think that a relationship has to be bassed on trust like you said..where's no trust that means that this thing that you call "relationship" it's not a real one..a relationship it's made from two persons which trust one in other and each one of them can swear that the one bisede him is just like he or she knows...
@mbs730 (2147)
• Canada
24 Dec 06
Many of us stay in bad relationships because we are afraid of change and afraid to leave and afraid to be alone. I have heard of the expression "better to be with the devil you know than to be alone".
@missjackie (1358)
• Ypsilanti, Michigan
24 Dec 06
A lot of people are so insecure that they stay with the person. I think these kinds of people are pathetic.
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@datsme24 (259)
• India
24 Dec 06
well i agree wid u dat trust is d foundation of al relationship n widout it its not worth 2 continue ne relation but would like 2 share my view on y do v lie o spy on our partners the ans is immense luv 4 them and our fear of loosing them in both case (spy,lie) dis r d only 2 reasons behind it.
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@msqtech (15074)
• United States
3 Jan 07
They are afraid to be alone and think it is better to be with them. It doesnt make sense to me either. I think it is because they dont think much of themselves
@lulylove (1560)
• Brazil
24 Dec 06
watching - girl watching
I think that when we like somebody (or some thing) we have fear to lose, and therefore we feel the desire to watch.
@msqtech (15074)
• United States
3 Jan 07
I have heard about time invested as well but I think that is just an excuse
• Indonesia
23 Dec 06
Umh.... trusting boy/girlfriends is must. But being jelaous and try to inspect them is not a fault too But not become too posesif. I trust my ex-boyfriends... but he never tell anything about himself. our communication is stuck because he feel it's his own privacy (including wehere he works, how his study, etc). So.. which part that I can trust from him? ^^ So we broke it's better if there is communicate each other. So there will be big jelaous and will not spy their couple
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@5556970 (37)
• India
24 Dec 06
Yes you are right.Where trust is not there,love is not there.But i think they are so much addictd to the person that they dont want to leave them and they spy them to prove that he/she is good.
• United States
24 Dec 06
As a human being you want to be able to give people a second chance. Thats why I think people do it. I used to do that. One of my weaknesses is that I cant stay mad at anyone.
• India
24 Dec 06
yes i am also agree with you
@sylviekitty (2083)
• United States
24 Dec 06
I think if you go into a marriage knowing you can't trust somebody, then you're crazy. However, there are people who just have issues with trust, period. They might really love the person they are with, but have so many insecurities in themselves, that they fear they might not look good enough, dress good enough, etc.. that somebody else better than them will come along and steal their partner away. Some are not as obsessed about it as others- not everybody like this is going to set up hidden cameras, or follow their partners around in a wig and costume- but maybe they can't help but doubt. It's not really about the other person- it's about them, themselves.
• United States
24 Dec 06
I think that sometimes they love the person to much to just walk away from them.
@tibbler (229)
• United States
26 Dec 06
they some times stay with the person because they are brain washed. My best friend is so brain washed that she keeps taking off from home. The first time she took off to mexico & now she just took off to Alaska.
@modupe_ak (121)
• Nigeria
24 Dec 06
Jealousy is dangerous for a relationship. Jealousy is a form of insecurity and in a relationship you must learn to trust your partner no matter what especially when you love him. According to the bible love is never insecure. Think about it whether you go about spying on hiit never detemines if where the relationship will end. Why give yourself more heartache curiousity they say kill the cat. What you dont know wont hurt or kill you
• Pakistan
24 Dec 06
i think female take 1st initiall for doing these sort of things becoz they feeel very unsecure
@openedone (240)
• France
24 Dec 06
so if they are obliged to wait something i think !
@MzLefty (311)
• United States
24 Dec 06
Jealousy is the key word for this, and jealousy is a sure sign of insecurity.If someone is spying on someone,it is no telling what ther next move might be,if in their head they feelthat someone is doing something to wrong them.
@bubbajin (10)
• Canada
24 Dec 06
I absolutely hate this. One of my best friends has broken up with and got back together with the same girl about twelve times now. It is just ridiculous. The girl treats him poorly, and loves the attention of getting back together with him and saying how happy she is and how there meant to be, then two months later saying how she doesn't love him anymore. Just ridiculous!
• United States
24 Dec 06
It is a security measure. Example. Women who have been in abusive relationships either keep going back or finding more abusive men. Not only are they not right in the head because of their experience, but it is what they know and what they are used to. If you are growing up in a small development, many times you want to stay in those places for the rest of your life. Trust is the same deal.