Relationships: the Law of even energy exchange

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Have you noticed that trying to have a ongoing close relationship with someone who is more insecure or troubled than you are can be difficult, tiring and too much —work?? (work meaning toil and strain)? Have you ever witnessed a close relationship where one person was giving more than the other? Economists have an analysis technique that identifies and compares all expenditures of every type and all benefits of every type of a project; it's called a cost / benefit analysis. A rational person or business will enter into any transaction where the personal benefits are greater than costs incurred. There is a similar energetic rule for interpersonal associations that are voluntary. Call it the Law of Even Energy Exchange, or EEE.


Mutual emotional, mental, physical and energetic exchanges must be roughly even in some way in order for all parties to be satisfied enough to sustain the relationship in any healthy kind of manner.


The key concept here is balanced reciprocity. You and I will both choose to stay friends as long as the rewards are larger than the costs (as long as we are free of self destructive feelings). If you and I have a roughly even give and take of some sort of energy, we will feel good about our connection. People refer to this as getting as much as you give.


Don't get confused here about the nature of costs and benefits. It can get tricky to identify what exactly the participants are getting from their affiliations. Realize that the rewards stemming from people connections are not usually monetary, but are rather more often emotional, physical, spiritual, or mental. What we give in voluntary social interactions is more than our money; it is our time, our attention, our mind, our energy, our hearts. Does this make sense?


It is hard to maintain a mutual connection without some even reciprocity of some sort over the long term. In the long run, some member of an unbalanced involvement will do something such as back away, get angry, or pull a stunt, to change it. A relationship cannot continue at an uneven level due to EEE.
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Mutual emotional, mental, physical and energetic exchanges must be roughly even in some way in order for all parties to be satisfied enough to sustain the relationship in any healthy kind of manner.


The key concept here is balanced reciprocity. You and I will both choose to stay friends as long as the rewards are larger than the costs (as long as we are free of self destructive feelings). If you and I have a roughly even give and take of some sort of energy, we will feel good about our connection. People refer to this as getting as much as you give....

A relationship cannot continue at an uneven level due to EEE.
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Agree, of course.
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in the quote, they quoted Bernard Shaw, and I dont agree with it. Another poster didnt agree either.

and one poster said it ok, close, but ok:

Shaw quote; if you are fully conscious of the energy you give to others and do not need them to repay or give back because you are already happy with your choice, then you will NOT be angry with them.

Maybe. Maybe they arent conscious. Maybe "giving" is just part of their nature. And there is no need to be angry.

but that also can be detrimental. Unless theyre being taken advantage of, there's no reason to be angry about it.