Hannah Rose, LCPCOwner, Rose Wellness · Founder | Therapist | Educator | Consultant

are you in love with your partner's potential? #relationships #relationshipadvice

10 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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This content was created by Hannah Rose. This content was uploaded by Hannah Rose. This is a YouTube video titled "are you in love with your partner's potential? #relationships #relationshipadvice" (posted 2025-03-10). The excerpt is an English relationship-advice monologue by a single speaker who reflects on staying in relationships while hoping a partner will change, the risks of loving someone's potential rather than their present self, and questions about personal investment in the relationship.

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If I were to find out today by some miraculous, like, crystal ball that the person I'm with right now is going to be the way that they are long term, would I stay? And this really illuminates the whole concept of not being in love with someone's potential. You know, I've absolutely stayed in relationships with hope of change, and humans are capable of growth and change. Absolutely. Humans are capable of really like this metamorphosis and becoming our most ideal selves. But how much of my relationship have I been spent waiting for this person to change? And, and whenever someone's saying, if they just did this and this and this and this and this, then I'd be happy. Like, why can't they just change? My question often reverts back to number 1. What part of you is invested in this relationship?