In the end, the girl who treats a man like a debit card always seems to come out on top. Meanwhile, the girl asking for nothing but attention, effort, and consistency end up in therapy trying to heal from it.
“To avoid full accountability for how I hurt you, I will now express how your response and reaction to my harm has actually hurt me so that I can force you to apologize to me for what I did to you.”
- Manipulation
empathy burnout is so real. after years of understanding the people around you, trying to put yourself in their situation, putting others first before you, and now you're drained and have become indifferent
Do not let people gaslight you into thinking that duality does not exist. You can be grateful and annoyed. You can want more and be grateful for what you have. You can be angry and frustrated and still be grateful. A lot of religious and spiritual gaslighting out here.
In relationships, women are reciprocators not initiators. You lead, she follows. You put in effort, she returns it. You make her feel good, she mirrors it. That’s the only way it works.
People don't like love. They like that glittery, flirty feeling. They don't love love. Love is sacrificial. Love is ferocious. It's not emotive. Our culture doesn't love love. It loves the idea of love. It wants the emotion without paying anything for it.