I dont think it has anything to do with one being submissive...a lot of people stay in bad, broken and or irreparable relationships (and imo if the other person makes you feel empty it is a bad relationship) unnecessarily, and often detrimentally, long...though, I suppose, they have their reasons.

You can't make someone love you. Not even if you do everything right. Not even if you listen to everything they are saying. Not just the words they choose to speak, but the words unspoken. Not even when you think you can have anyone you want. Not even when you want to give them pieces of yourself. Not even when you hold them in the middle of the night. Not even if you're there whenever they need you. And there when they don't. Not even if you'd do anything for them.

You can try. Patience, honesty, patience, persistence....it might work.

But it rarely does...ultimatively, You can't make someone love you, if they dont. Not even if you can't stop loving them.

My view on that is...I dont want someone who doesnt love me. It says nothing about me as a person. The only thing it means is that we are incompatible and thats ok...but I cant stand idiots who waste my time by saying that they do, when they dont really mean it. And I find those incapable of accepting rejection tiresome.