Relationships
Women Need Love But Men Need Respect
After the tenth, fifteenth, maybe even fortieth argument with a lover, you may lose any patience to try and “work this through.” There’s too much hurt and pride on the line.
By Maja Ali3 min read
Rooting your feet and refusing to bend, you hold on to your position. You don’t want him to take advantage of you or mistake your kindness for passivity. And he doesn’t have it in him to ease up. It’s seemingly a never ending cycle that encompasses the whole relationship, an ouroboros. A small thing happens. One of you overreacts, probably not having anything to do with the thing at all, but an accumulation of everything before it. Your partner, not approving of your reaction, defends himself.