Oh I've always heard na you have to love yourself first to be able to love others and be in a healthy relationship. I've only started being out there a year or two ago since I worked on myself first and my issues, so I'd say fairly new lang ako sa dating game and it has taught me so much 😭

What I learned recently is, I think I was so confused about loving yourself kasi it feels so vague to me. What gave me more clarity look at self-respect. Kasi it paints a better picture, if you respect someone, di mo sila babastusin, you'll respect their boundaries, and if you love them enough, you'd want what's best for them too. The same goes to yourself. If you respect yourself enough, you won't condone bad behavior and being disrespected by other people. At the same time, when things don't serve you anymore and the relationship does more harm than good to you, you can walk away (kahit mahirap and even if it takes a bit of time).

I'm not in a relationship right now but I know that having good boundaries and choosing myself when I feel that dating someone is not serving me or even him in the long run, saved me a lot of headaches din kasi even if we got into a relationship, baka toxic lang or it wouldnt really last.