Why Resort To Tough Love?

If your parents or partners muster enough courage to give you a slice of tough love ...  recalibrate your thoughts and reframe your judgment that it is a sign of their respect for you. They love you and definitely, they don't want you to rot in the hellhole you are in. Tough love is more about holding you responsible and accountable to basic parameters of behavior.

If you are not the best version of yourself ... it takes a dose of TOUGH LOVE to snap you out of your senses and make you feel constrained and obligated to higher standards.

More Tough Love Examples

So if you are messing with drugs and your sister turned you to the police ... that is tough love. If you have been chasing skirts what more do you expect than your girlfriend giving you a break-up.

Borrowing money is a form of addiction.  So what is the best tough love model suited for you other than severing ties with you or cutting your financial aid?

Examples of Tough Love

What are examples of tough love? Tough love can be seen in these scenarios: A parent taking away your phone or deciding you were grounded for a month or giving you a curfew because you have a habit of seeing your male classmates at night. 

Or it can be seen in a concerned friend who refused to give you another drink after seeing you exploding in a violent temper resulting in your daily brush with the law!