Having a naturally intimidating aura is so exhausting. People will go to the wildest extremes to humble me or compete with me. Meanwhile, I'm literally just trying to exist.
RED FLAG: Someone who avoids hard conversations and calls it "peace." Growth requires discomfort. Avoidance repeats the cycle. Pay attention to the patterns. Emotionally mature people don't disappear, they repair.
My therapist told me:
"When a person grows up-...feeling unseen, they learn to love by over-giving.
They pour into everyone else, hoping that, one day, someone will finally pour back into them.
So they become the caretaker.
The fixer.
The one who shows up, even when no one shows up for them."
And the hardest part?
Deep down, they're not trying to be strong.
They're just waiting for someone to do for them what they've spent their whole life doing for everyone else."
Men are supposed to lead the relationship, not match the energy of women. Women are reciprocators not initiators. The man leads she follows. The man makes the effort and she mirrors it. It’s simple.
every time a girl pretends not to care about Valentine’s Day or her birthday bc she knows she won’t get anything on the day, an angel’s wings fall off. it’s okay to care and be disappointed and sad
laziness can kill a relationship. no you're not cheating, but there's also no flowers, no surprises, no appreciation posts, no sweet messages, no dates (unless your s/o practically begs you for them). so yes, the truth is laziness CAN slowly kill love. sometimes simply being loyal just isn't enough.
A woman working 40+ hrs a week, paying for her own hair, nails, rent, car, food, gas, handling everything by herself, is not going to be the soft, feminine woman you expect her to be. And no, she can't bring you peace when she's in survival mode.
I have to marry somebody who takes holidays seriously. A family person. Birthdays, graduations, anniversaries… everything must all be celebrated fully in my household.