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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Dina from ''[[Walkyverse|It's Walky!]]'' There's STILL controversy about her relationship with complete Jerkass [[Sociopathic Hero]] Mike, and {{spoiler|Dina's dead}}. Most of the arguments are about whether or not Mike returned her affection at all; for example, {{spoiler|he took her to her favorite place in the world, the museum, something her usually nicer ex-boyfriend Walky was never shown as doing (in fact, Walky was depicted as very selfish when it came to his relationship with Dina)}} and {{spoiler|implied that he had loved her to Joe after Dina's death.}}
* ''[[Zebra Girl]]'' has most of the cast turn into this as the main character descends into her demonic side. Noticeably lampshaded [https://web.archive.org/web/20090627041635/http://zebragirl.keenspot.com/d/20090608.html here]
* [http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/love-lessons/ Deconstructed] by ''[[Bug Martini|Bug]]'' in "What the Movies Have Taught Me About Love".
* In [[General Protection Fault]], Ki becomes this as her relationship with her fiance Sam deteriorates when he faces pressure on several fronts, notably his parents being opposed to him going out with her. Even as rumors spread of him cheating on her (which are never explicitly confirmed but strongly implied to be true) spread, she remains loyal to him until {{spoiler|he [[Moral Event Horizon|tries to rape her]] when she's unable to go through with having sex with him}}.
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== Real Life ==
* Tragically common in abusive relationships of all kinds. Gender, age, etc., doesn't matter.
* More optimistically, it's also common in very devoted, non-abusive relationships, and especially can seem like this when one member of a couple is going through a difficult time. The website [https://web.archive.org/web/20100810080441/http://www.lovegivesmehope.com/ Love Gives Me Hope] has many examples.
* Of ''all'' people, [[Katharine Hepburn]], during her relationship with Spencer Tracy. He did genuinely love her, but he had an alcohol problem and would frequently fly into rages and even hit her. No matter what happened, though, she never left him. One quote from her autobiography explains the whole philosophy behind this trope:
{{quote|Love has nothing to do with what you're expecting to get, '''only what you're expecting to give - which is everything.''' What you receive in return varies, but that really has no connection with why you give. '''You give because you love and cannot help giving.'''}}
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