<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Every relationship is a contract, whether or not... > Every relationship is a contract, whether or not anyone wrote it down. With a partner, a friend, a family member, or an employer, you have negotiated, knowingly or not, what you want, what you will give, what you will tolerate, and what you will refuse, and most unhappiness inside a relationship comes from terms that were never examined. Seeing the contract clearly is the first step toward changing it, because no one can renegotiate an agreement they do not know they signed. **Source:** [[livestreams/Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect - Workbook|Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Every relationship is a contract, whether or not anyone wrote it down. With a partner, a friend, a family member, or an employer, you have negotiated, knowingly or not, what you want, what you will give, what you will tolerate, and what you will refuse, and most unhappiness inside a relationship comes from terms that were never examined. Seeing the contract clearly is the first step toward changing it, because no one can renegotiate an agreement they do not know they signed.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-every-relationship-contract-agreement-know-signed ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->