Or if they can, it totally falls apart when they have to apply the same logic to themselves.
This woman I know has some strong views about relationships and talks a big game - if a man doesn't treat you right walk away, its really obvious when someone doesn't love you, why waste your time on people who don't care about you etc. etc. and she's pretty good about looking at other people's relationships in our social circle and recognising disfunction.
That's all well and good and I agree with the sentiment. However, the same woman has been coping and sneeding over some guy for literally years and by her own admission he doesn't love her, hardly ever talks to her, refuses to commit to anything serious and won't call whatever the fuck they've got going on a relationship. Little miss "if a man doesn't care about you walk away" keeps running back to a dude that treats her like shit because...reasons? Guess she thinks she can change him or something?
Its all so tiresome.