Should Love Always Require a Sacrifice?

Author Albert Kiura
4 min readMay 19, 2023

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When we talk of relationship, so many things accumulate in our minds. This is essential topic for men and women aspiring to marry and for men and women who are already in marriage.

A great question is here with us. Should always love require sacrifice?

For me, I will say “Yes" because life without sacrifice is like an ocean without water.

According to the research, many ladies and men are happy when their partners remain intact with them showing a willing of sacrifice.

Many families are divorcing simply because there is no much sacrifice from either one side of the partners. Men who fail to sacrifice for their girlfriends will always face heartbreaks. I can help you today to overcome all these. Remember all these are matters arising on evolving world and needs to be addressed on so that we can cope with today’s world.

Below, I have discussed 4 things you need to sacrifice for your girlfriend, boyfriend, wife or your husband.

1. Time

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This is the first thing to consider the moment you have engaged in a relationship. Your partner will mostly require you to sacrifice your time for him or her. Through spending much of your time calling them, chatting with them, visiting them for fun and enjoyments and many more others. You need to plan for your relationship time when planning for daily activities. A person who takes his or her time for you will automatically show that the person cares. This is the true love.

2. Energy

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You need to sacrifice your energy for your loved ones. You might be tired of daily activities but your partner needs to see you. What will you do? You must be energetic enough to be ready to move every place any time for the sake of your love. When you fail, you might have hard time to answer questions in future.

Committing energy in your relationships is paramount thing of your romantic life. You can imagine failing to respond for a call by your partner simply because your are tired. Being a serious problem, your partner will feel guilty of you.

3. Money

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Most relationship partners will always require you to take them out. You need to spend money. Some will still need you to surprise them with some gifts so as to win their hearts. It’s normal things for those in relationships. Some will see good dresses and shoes and will need you buy for them; especially women. This clearly illustrate that you need money for relationship engagement. That’s the truth part of sacrifice in relationships. If one person is a saver and the other is a spender, then the relationship will undergo strife.

4. The Need to be Right

Sometimes, you may decide to deceive your partner. Most people do it willingly to their partners which directly shows that you are not serious with their relationship. You need to sacrifice yourself by telling the truth so that your partner can approve your seriousness. Sometimes it turns very painful when you deceive and in real sense one understands that you’re deceiving.

By deceiving, your partner will have no perfection on you. How do you expect perfection from your partner whereas you seem to be far from giving it to others. They will also not treat you in the right manner. When your are always right, your partner will have strong perfection in you hence they shall confirm your strong sacrifice on them.

Conclusion

This ideal is well described in the short story by the name “The Gift of the Magic" by O. Henry. A couple promised each a gift during a Christmas period but they had no money to do so. The wife wants to give her husband a watch and his husband wants to give her wife a comb for her hair. The man ends up in selling his watch to buy a comb and her wife sells her hair to buy a watch.

This shows a clear sacrifice of these relationship partners.

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Author Albert Kiura
Author Albert Kiura

Written by Author Albert Kiura

Hi, I am a Kenyan author, Mentor and a teacher by profession. I write short stories and inspiration articles on success and personal development.

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