You give and they take

I love how you give and you give and people take and take. and you do anything and everything you can for that person,and all they do is hurt you! i love that ALOT!:/

I hear you Britt. I LOOOVE how taking responsibility for ones own "mistakes" has become too much of a chore and how it is easier to just blame someone else. I can't stretch that enough, lol.

Sometimes you can't help but give, give, and give because you love that person so much.

You have to choose who's worth your time.

I love taking and taking until he has no more to give. But he always has something more to give, every year something new. So without thinking about his needs, i keep taking and he keeps giving. Santa is awesome like that... :/

^ That was simply just beautiful. I agree. It is the Giver who is truly blessed, because giving is much more rewarding than receiving. However, if you only give out of the expectation to receive then your reward will be worth little.

Kia, it seems you give with the expectation to be repaid and when you aren't you blame those who did not oblige. But it is not them who you should blame; they are not the source of the "hurt" you feel. If you try being selfless; giving without expecting to receive something in return, the "hurt" you feel will be lessened if not obsolete.

I can relate to this "LOVE & TAKE"

FROM THE START I THOUGHT I FOUND LOVE AS THEY CALL IT, BUT REALLY IT WAS ONLY DISSAPOINTMENT. I GAVE MY TIME MY LOVE MY HEART AND SOUL TO THE ONE(S) I GREW TO SEE NEVER CARED. I LEARNED MY LESSON SO NOW IM DOING THE SINGLE THING, ALTHOUGH I HAVE THOSE OLD SHALLOW MEMORIES THAT LEAVES ME WONDERING WHY ME? SO WHEN THEY TAKE AND BECOME THIS PILLOW PRINCESSES JUST STEP AWAY, BECAUSE LETTING GO TAKES MORE THAN LOVE MORE THAN TEARS. IT TAKES PAINFUL SWEET HAPPY MOMENTS.

For Christmas one year, while in high school, I decided to get gifts for my friends. I was very excited to give my friends their gifts, I couldn't wait for Christmas. However, when it was time to give them their gifts it was not what I expected it to be. After exchanging gifts not one of my friends thanked me. This made so bitter that I thought to myself, "Why did I even bother to waste my money when I didn't get anything in return, let alone a thank you." At that moment, as those thoughts crossed my mind, I insistently felt ashamed... While purchasing the gifts I had told myself, whether I received gifts in return or not I did not care, all I cared about was that I did something nice for my friends. But my good intentions had been blinded. It would have been nice to have been thanked, but I kept reminding myself that I did this for myself and did this to do something nice for my friends. Eventually, in time, the bitterness and hurt I felt subsided.

I'm a taker who promises to give and gets away with it, however from all that i have taken from my relationships with people i am always grateful and appreciative; which in turn makes people want to give more in offer of friendship, or physical resources.

To those of you who feel you are givers, those who take without much return will still appreciate it in massive ways - even if they are not particularly conscious of it, you make people lives better everyday, what more do you want to take than that?