In my case, I was told to see the bad stuff in my ex in order to obtain a more realistic view. That seemed impossible to me for some time, I honestly thought, "no... goodness... she was great! This and that and that and this... no, can't find anything negative to say worthwhile..." but you know what? In time, yeah, I realized a lot! Enough for me to say "oh yeah! Wasn't as I thought it was" when I look in the rear view mirror.
Can I get an AMEN on this please!!!! Once again, you took the words right out of my mouth...of course replacing SHE with HE...since I don't swing that way!!