Upside Down Relationships

With our current economy, have you heard the phrase,” they are upside down in their home and they have no options but to walk away from it?”  I understand it means that the house is now worth less than what is owed on the mortgage which they no longer can afford.  Tragic.

I was thinking about being upside down in relationships.  What happens when a relationship is worth less to me then how much I need to “pay” into it to make it work?  What if I cannot afford to pay any longer?  This could be a problem.

There are times when our personal investment of time, emotional energy, money, and sacrifice is no longer worth it.  We begin to see the destruction of ourselves as we sacrifice too much in order to try maintain the relationship.  Not only do we feel upside down, we feel crazy, exhausted, and defeated.

Sometimes we decide to stay engaged in the relationship and keep looking for options to help ease the stress and strain.  Sometimes we walk away.  Neither choice is an easy one.  If you are in this predicament, may God give you strength and wisdom to make the right choice.