"Pop Up Pod" Experationship

Why do people hold on to a relationship—ignoring their own misery—even when they know it's over? the biggest sign you're in a dead-end relationship is when there's inequity of effort i.e. one member of the relationship is working much harder to maintain the relationship than the other.

Long story short, a dead-end relationship is one you're hoping could go the distance but it can't — and it won't.