November
Would you say your relationship is 50-50 give and take ? If it is not, then make the necessary changes to either save your relationship or save your own individuality.
It is impossible to say whether your partnership is definitively equal because it is all about your perception. We can often measure sacrifice towards a relationship in terms of money foregone but that is not really helpful.
1. How do you know if you have given too much?
You will feel growing resentment if your contribution is not acknowledged and appreciated by your partner. Sacrifice of hobbies, interests and emotional ties is inevitable on both sides of a relationship.
Both partners have to work to find ways to relate to one another and grow within that relationship. Unfortunately, many relationships begin in imbalance of sacrifice and continue until the sacrificing partner decides that enough is enough.
2. How much should you and partner give or take?
Well, some people are more inclined to sacrifice than others, while other people are more inclined to take continuously in their self interest.
If you feel you are a giver and you are not being given to in equal measure, you need to save your relationship by raising this fundamental issue with your partner.
