Accomodating/Being Stepped On And Over

I can be infinitely patient when it comes to love but it's a different story when it's with strangers. Even in accomodating a loved one, it doesn't necessitate patience in all circumstances. Maybe the closer you get to someone, the more that cordiality you accord to strangers gets eroded. Since familiarity breeds contempt, the loved one gets shouted at more and more often than strangers.

We don't mind being stepped on and over in life by total strangers. "Our work requires it", It's an ugly side of life we've to accept, like it or not" we tell ourselves. When strangers step on us, literally or not, we do not think too much about it. If, after stepping on us, they say "sorry", we smile at them and say "It's okay". An irony of life. We are polite and all smiling to strangers yet leave the most emotional scars on our loved ones. So we accomodate strangers and step on/over our loved ones. Maybe it goes two ways: Being cordial to your loved one guarantees a higher chance that that cordiality would be appreciated and thus reciprocated. If a lover apologises to the beloved after stepping, any anger/irritation at being stepped on on the part of the beloved tends to dissipate more easily.