http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2006/08/31/co-dependency/ In search of a better way to live and make a living, and a better understanding of how the world really works. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:37:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2006/08/31/co-dependency/comment-page-1/#comment-5020 Barbara W. Klaser Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:34:38 +0000 http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2006/08/31/co-dependency/#comment-5020 <a></a>I've never liked the concept of "codependency." It's too much like excusing abandonment and making people out to be disposable, at the same time blaming those who care, telling them they're part of the problem. It appears to be a PC way of judging others by their relationships, which are no one's business but their own. Staying in a difficult relationship often comes down to measuring one's love against what one can cope with, and that's different for each person. It's hard enough without sticking the caring person with a label that sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy of personal doom. I’ve never liked the concept of “codependency.” It’s too much like excusing abandonment and making people out to be disposable, at the same time blaming those who care, telling them they’re part of the problem. It appears to be a PC way of judging others by their relationships, which are no one’s business but their own. Staying in a difficult relationship often comes down to measuring one’s love against what one can cope with, and that’s different for each person. It’s hard enough without sticking the caring person with a label that sounds like a self-fulfilling prophecy of personal doom.

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