You can ruin an entire bond by lying to a woman you could've just told the TRUTH too. If hurting her doesn't hurt you, you don't love her, you're just using her. Most people enter relationships, trying to find someone to complete them, but that's not love; that's a transaction. If you need someone to make you feel whole , you are building your house on sand. A true relationship starts when two people can stand on their own feet, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. When you take responsibility for your own triggers, your own wounds, and your own joy, then you stop blaming your partner for your pain. You start to see your partner, not as a problem, but as a mirror. And then in that mirror you see the places you still need to grow. The relationship becomes a spiritual practice.Every argument becomes a lesson and communication, your every trigger becomes an invitation to heal. That's when Love stops being a fantasy and starts being a real work.