Only THEIR Terms & Conditions...because...they are superior, after all.

Relationships with these people are transactional and unidirectional. You will always give more than you receive. Some choose to stay in these relationship and I can't judge this decision as it is personal and was the decision I myself made. I can however warn you that staying comes at a risk and a price: Lack of support, lack of love and the very real risk that one day they themselves will fully devalue and discard you...ON THEIR complete TERMS AND CONDITIONS. I stayed and this is exactly what happened. In hindsight I wish that I had had more strength and independence to leave on my own and better control the conditions of my departure.