&ldquo;You'd think I'd be a fast learner, but guess I won't ever mind crisping up on your backburner.&rdquo;
NIKI was telling her truth when she wrote her song, &lsquo;Backburner!&rsquo; Backburner relationships have recently caused an online buzz, especially this brand-new year with the famous line, &ldquo;Backburner ka na naman this year, &lsquo;te? Paawat ka naman!&rdquo;&nbsp;
If you&rsquo;re unfamiliar with the concept of being a backburner, then you&rsquo;re in the right place! Being a backburner means you&rsquo;re the fallback of someone whenever their current relationship doesn&rsquo;t go well. In other words, you&rsquo;re just the other option.
You&rsquo;d be surprised how many people are in this specific state with their relationships. Lots of people do it for security, meaning it acts as their safety net. They can never go vacant but how about you? You&rsquo;re always just waiting.
Here are some signs you&rsquo;re in a backburner relationship:
1. &nbsp; &nbsp;They never get to be solely yours. &ndash; One of the most evident signs you&rsquo;re being kept as a backburner is they never want to fully commit to you. They&rsquo;ve been with a lot of people, but never you.
2. &nbsp; &nbsp;You&rsquo;re being kept at convenience. &ndash;They&rsquo;re always showing up whenever their current relationship fails, but how odd it is that when they&rsquo;re free, you still don&rsquo;t get to be their partner?
3. &nbsp; &nbsp;The right timing doesn&rsquo;t exist. &ndash; You might be having these thoughts that the &lsquo;timing&rsquo;s always off&rsquo; or you just hit it off at the wrong time. Well, the hurtful truth is, they just don&rsquo;t see you as someone they&rsquo;d like to be with for a long time.
Being a backburner can hurt. Hurt a lot! They can trigger insecurities and even develop unhealthy thoughts that maybe you aren&rsquo;t worthy of true love. However, you&rsquo;re not the problem, but it&rsquo;s their problem that they can&rsquo;t commit to you.
This 2024, don&rsquo;t you ever settle with being a backburner because everyone deserves a love that chooses you repeatedly.&nbsp;
Being in the backburner is a cold place. We wish you finally receive this year the warmth of true love you&rsquo;ve always been hoping for.