The #1 Sign That Relationship WON'T LAST... | Esther Perel 

I remember that 😭

"to me" :)))

Finally a person who has the same thing as i. Especially if the person’s are unavailable for relationship with her and don’t respect her

While doing her sexual encounters with other men, she finds me with a woman and she becomes jealous and her boyfriend’s are being served because of vindictive hate. Denied me of sex and then when I get another woman to fulfill my long past build up from not being served by her, she said that I am not alive to her. What a hypocrite and since of entitlement to downgrading me

same.. isn’t it interesting.

Amen! If only we could harness that energy and creativity for good! LOL

@@inconnu4961 I am the queen of it if I think of one word to describe myself is Resourceful, and now I just realize thag I am extremely resourceful at not owning my shit, and the control damaged.

we should do that.creativity is everything.

i would like to get married first and then have children.my mom told me before that she and my dad did not do it the right way.they had me first and then got married.

society kind of teaches individualism greed and mass consumerism so i'm not really that surprised that people protect themselves and their egos at all cost

Exactly. A little independence and confidence serves us and our partners well. Too many people build their entire identity on being the Mrs. or the Mr. which can be problematic.

Agree a 1000%

True

So wise

True but so hard2do!!!

True. Both must be on d same wavelengths

@@meiyokechan5697 This is true. This is why I said that I noticed it had to be both people.

Well ..its not breaking news. We have shunned the biblical principles of marriage ..its all there in the " love " chapter of Corinthians. .and it's all about putting your partner before yourself

@@theSaint-1964 Correct. This is a very steadfast principle. However, in an age of selfishness, commercialism & counselors who make a mint from counseling couples? People have forgotten or shunned this.

@@FreeSpirit47 my (now ex -wife) gifted me Gary Chapman's " Daily Devotional " many years ago. It didn't work out ..too many " irreconcilable differnces" However I have made a point of keeping the book next to my bedside table for guidance in any subsequent relationships . 😊God Bless.

As a 37 year old woman I could not agree more. Spot on!

Does this mean Expecting a faithful partner is pointless?

@@Nobodyhome630 no, expectations can apply to a wide range of things. Communication on expectations is key. You cannot expect your partner to guess what's going on in your head and what your expectations are.

@@fairyalhutton287 Speak up and own it.

Wowww

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Absolutely

g, I know. Imagine how she must be in her native language. Awesome.

Effort is hard work wena😒 everyone wants to sound so deep and profound these days. "Waking up each day and thinking of ways to make the other person feel good" is hard work esp on days when life is hard and you are maneuvering through challenges. You call it effort, they call it hard work, everyone is saying the same thing in different ways

If you put in the effort then the work won’t be so hard. Sometimes just trying is enough. No one is perfect but as long as you put in the effort then something is there. Hard work is when you don’t put in the effort yet you want a certain result. When you finally realize the result isn’t there then you need to do some damage control in order to get things back on track.

This is often overlooked. Was it Germaine Greer who said that: "our employers get the best of us?"

Sounds like the magnet is getting weaker. You have to make the effort if you want anything to work.

If you think 9 to 5 is killing you, try to get your own business... is 24/7 mate

2 reasons in my opinion. 1...you do not like the job you have 2....the real desire never existed in the first place. Infatuation and real love are too easily confused. Think about it, get a job you like and it may leave you tired but not drained

Do stuff u like in ur freetime

Thx

By far the best answer for what ends relationships, focusing on what you aren't getting. Some call it unmet expectations but, it's a wedge and it's good at dividing people.

Contempt and Neglect are the biggest unfortunately alot if not most of jobs I have had talking to people in way she described does not get them gone...it gets them promoted. Im one who left. Worth is something that should should go across all aspects of life

@@jerrym3261 I think people who do that were always seeing the glass half empty in their lives anyway before they got coupled...the honeymoon ended and they just picked up their old habitual way of seeing the world and their life but its become their partner instead of whatever or whoever it was before.

Thanks for this amazing insight ❤️🧘🏽‍♀️

hypergamy

Have to disagree with sex being overrated. I think it's could be a symptom of some greater problem in the relationship.

When you are old, friend will not be there for you. Friendship is not a life time commitment. People will come and go. This is the reason why as a woman you should put in effect to seek for a man. Instead of settling to be single

You make a good point. Many of us get to a point where we believe the grass is greener elsewhere. So true.

@Klein Wit Visje And what about the 50 percent divorce rate and all the other percentage of miserable marriages? Who are the idiots there?!?

Agreed!

That was me 6 months ago. Everyone around me noticed how aloof and neglectful my ex was with me.

There is a blindness when you are too close to something! its true not only in relationships but in business and other aspects of life. If you want to know whats going on, bring in a 3rd party dispassionate observer, and let them see for themselves.

@@inconnu4961 true...dispassionate is the word😂

Yes that is true, the person looking through the window can see what is going on in the room better than those in the room quite often. In a relationship that is a bit unsteady, quite often friends become aloof because they don't want to take sides I think. It's a tough call knowing what to do.

@@NoCreativeNameGirl I said quite often, not always, but you might just be surprised who really did notice. Why you would stay with someone for 11 years when you are unhappy with the relationship amazes me. Often people 'hang in there ' for the sake of the kids which is wrong. The fear of change keeps people tied to the post. I guess the main thing is that you are happy with your situation now. Good luck with the future.

Pff what a nonsense. Why get out or end. Fix damn it! Then when solving isn’t possible yes then end it but you did your part.

@@emisama7800 i agree with this more. Make sure you give your all, fix that way when you leave there is absolutely no regret.

I see what you ladies are saying but really he has a point. Indifference points to a really toxic environment. Indifference means that if you suffer the other person doesn’t care. And that’s really already huge. So sure, if you see your partner showing signs of “possible indifference”, totally work on it, but if they honestly don’t care about you: if they are indifferent to what happens to you: that’s not something YOU can fix. You need to value yourself enough and give space to them and see if they come around to valuing you again on their own. Otherwise. Super toxic and self-defeating.

@Douglas Prince, true. I learnt it the hard way too. I saw indifference even before we married. I thought we worked on it. But on his part, he only pretended to work on it. It kept appearing throughout the marriage, and I kept addressing it the best I could until I encountered hard evidences of his cheating and fraud against me. 25 years wasted. I addressed the red flags right from the beginning, but he lied to me. Future-faked his way out of each discussion, learned to hide his indiscretions better and better. I should have demanded improved behaviour instead of accepting empty words.

@@Alpha-Andromeda Once women lose respect in their man, it is much to hard to rewin that respect from them. You are best getting out of the relationship, figure out what you did wrong and fix it BEFORE starting a new relationship. I spent the better part of my 14 yr marriage trying to rewin her respect for me! We are divorced and she was engaged to another barely after the ink was dry on the divorce papers. im still single. Women arent ALWAYs the victim.

Always loved that line. My dad is the most loving and supportive dad and husband to my mom. I think I do love similarly. Absolutely devoted and loving and loyal. 😌

That’s a great line, however, men should make sure they raise their sons right too since love is not a one way street.

This is not true. I loved my girls the whole time they were growing up. Went the extra mile, read to them every night, kissed them and told them I loved them. They grow up and treated me like shit for years. I finally came to reality and excluded them from my life and now know happiness for first time in years.

@Sergio Diaz If you’re trying to get to know a potential partner I’d say learning about their parents is a good place to start. Fruit never falls far and all that.

@@Carefreeblues or so far that you cannot even believe it's from the same tree

She certainly is. 💯🌹🌹💯and so beautiful.

We’re not quite worthy, but I’m certainly grateful.

@@foxxyfoxxina9541 uuuuuu

this lady sucks. u don't talk down to ur partner because u can....u do it because ur relationship is in trouble. U have some good points but ur not that deep and accurate

And also a great deal of empathy. A lot of people tend to communicate these type of ideas in a forceful or somewhat arrogant way so its nice to see someone that comes from a place of emotional intelligence on top of common sense and wisdom which is rare.

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@@betteralone318 I think it might just be because she’s a smart lady, lol. All I felt I heard from him (at the root was) “soooo…….but what about sex”

Not entirely, he was being respectful while engaging in a conversation whereas she’s very direct and wanting to share so sometimes she cut him off without even realising. I respect her perspective but I believe this will occur naturally when you found someone that really gets along with you unlike most relationship these days where it’s built upon terms and conditions. There’s a saying, if you want success, count from 1 - 10 without skipping. Start from being friend, and so on.

All the best to you Bailey, I will hope for your peace of mind one day.

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It will get better. Find a good social support network, friends or family to get you through

i like your profile picture kelle salle.

if you talk like this at work you gone! talk like this with the police you gone! lol this woman is practical as hell

Thank you, I needed to see it.

Thank you

Tell that to the person who did nothing wrong yet put up with affairs, abuse etc, oh and the kids lives that are destroyed through the actions of one parent.

Been there, done that

Sarah Daigle,You are beautiful 🌷🌹,Hope you are with a good man!

Oh yeah, it's my ex all over. And every time I tried to leave, he wouldn't let me. I've learnt from that and those experiences.

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@@rubychurch3466 WHY are you repulse of your husband?

Add how they are so greedy Concerning money. They Take it all. All of it. You are lucky if you have a dime. Talk about their greed! Financial Abuse.!!!

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She's pinning down human nature. This is territory of people like jung.

Shes talking about a subject he finds interesting but out of his depth. He wants to know what she has to say.

Most men aren’t as emotional intelligent as they think they are.

@@malki2768 how did you come to notice that

Of course. The lady is a world-renowned expert in her field. The guy is just a dude. There's nothing wrong in somebody knowing FAR more than you on a specific topic.

thx for inspiration really. my girl wanted to breake up with me... but when i bought and tried natural spanish fly Pro and she was absolutely stunned. he even loves me more

I was very immature and needed to be parented I wanted to be taught but my partner was highly independent and well it has not gone well I tryed to lean on him for everything I exausted him, I didn't know what I was doing was childish I was emotional and feared abandonment . Over a decade two kids and he hates me so deeply wishes we never met but won't outright end things he wants me to .

Ikr.

🙌

What if the garden doesn’t want to be nurtured or watered the garden just wants to just be, it’s not interested in fertilizer or watered anymore. The garden says it just doesn’t need any more water like you do and I’m supposed to be happy with that.

I left the same last night! :D Still can't believe it. Sat around waiting for change for over a year. Better late than never! Best of luck to you :)

Same here, I couldn’t take it anymore from that woman.

Eva P thank you. I’m glad you got out sooner. That kind of relationship is damaging. Best of luck to you!

Sounds like mental abuse to me.

Poor innocent woman... Have you ordered your anti-depressants yet? If not, start stocking. You are gonna need tons. Excellent call to break up with your ex-husband.

Ivette A,I admire your lovely smile!😊😊😊

within 90 days everyone shows their true colors even malignant narcissists and sociopaths. It hasn't failed me yet. But it has made me sad realizing some of what I thought were the most beautiful relationships were actually people that did not care. That's when I had to go to therapy and fix my own demons. Anyways 90 days, you'll see the red flags. Sociopaths and narcs actually get off on showing them. It's a way to gauge the self-esteem of the individual and see how fast you'll be able to manipulate and abuse them. So it'll come out. Cheers.

@@lifeisgood070 and how do they show it ?

@@Smokillo bunch of ways. realistically u'd have to call me to explain it all. Generally by interrupting you during a talk of emotional value to you. What are you dreams? My dreams are... (interruption) oh look I got a disney princess board game from my mom. Woah!

Add Alaine De Botton to that conversation as well just to round it out.

And let's add Gabor Maté to the mix

JP manages to win with his over logical and analytical statistics, which hold very less practical or say useful ideas

Whatever, just looks the faces of both, who looks happy or bitter?, where do they have deeper wrinkles? You will find there lot of answers no matter what they say. There are also studies that shows that faces you make create moods. One of them is pure logic but really most of the argument apply to a western middle class society, a very local logic, not universal.

@@spdadventurer1754 no incorrect evaluation... His views highly practical ..and when they win they win from a point facts

Let me guess, you are young, not married and with no kids. I had that adventurous and joyful spirit once, but after you are weighed down with responsibility and middle age creeps up on you, it becomes a distant memory. Also your positive energy is a magnet for narcissistic . Be careful to not let bad energy in your life, thinking your positivity will rub off on them. They will drain the life out of you. Take care and don't let anyone dim your light

Comment here in 15 years if not still single. We are all passionate, dear! And this is not dating page. We are all here passionate. So passionate that not only thongs and bras fly around.. also plates and glasses! Relationships are effort and quite a lot of water under the bridge. Meet a man, get married and we’ll talk again

Amen! I have experienced the same thing, and then I saw Dr. Armani’s vids here on RU-vid about the types of narcissists and realized that I was attracting neglectful narcissists. Never again! I’ve educated myself and now have my anti-narcissist firewall installed.

@@Autumn_Forest_ That would be God's Healthy Boundaries that present self love = your self-respect others around you can see in you. Codependency is taught, and it develops a high level of Emotional Intelligence. Discovering it is your Super Power is epic! Strong traits of compassion, nurturing, loving, kind, compliance, consideration, Soo thoughtful, and the wonderful list goes on, however, the honing we received in childhood is for others not ourselves. Codependency has been purposely honed to eliminate our sense of self, and our own self needs and replaced by another's selfish needs. There is no internal anchor. God's Healthy Boundaries internally felt and known, are His way of instilling the wisdom of His love and worth we possess by His grace. When we have discovered our worth in God's eyes, and how valuable we truly are, we then know when to immediately draw the boundary line. That quickening in our spirit that says, 'Hey! Wait a minute!' We need to speak it! Find what emotional boundary was crossed, feel it, and find our voice! God's Healthy Boundaries for us, empower us to no longer be concerned about rejection when we tell that other person 'this' is how we feel, this is 'not ok with me'. We are finding our worth when we no longer fear losing a friend or lover for stating our feelings because we value ourselves and our own right to stand up for ourselves regardless of the possible rejection. The first time I told someone how I truly felt was frightening. I said it with conviction, and emotionally I expected the walls to crumble and the roof to cave in! I envisioned them running out of the door screaming! It didn't happen, in fact it was the opposite effect. Shocking I know! People really need to know where we stand to trust us, and we them. We are worthy and our feelings are valuable. Of course a narcissist would react differently, another clue to run! If someone doesn't see your 'voice', opinions, the space you take up, the air you breath as valuable, leave their presence immediately, it won't get better. Being a door mat, or someone's pet, is not love! Don't stick around trying to figure out what makes them tick, or who they 'truly' are; they have already shown you. Believe what they say to be true for them. It's not your job to fix them. Run out of the nearest exit! Only surround yourself with those who value you. 'No' is a complete sentence. To put yourself first is difficult when you have been honed to make everyone else's needs a priority, but so worth it, and the emotional freedom is priceless! Narcissism. Yes we attract them, and a great short cut to eliminate a herd of them is if they have ANY kind of addiction! Including hoarding, shopping, collecting, working, money, cars, you get the idea. Along with drugs, alcohol, food, check where they spend their time, hobbies, etc. Lawyers, doctors, judge, positions of power and control because you know they are all about control! Whether it's playing the victim like a drug addict (covert) or, a lawyer, or doctor playing god (overt). If you catch them lying (mine told me they didn't lie! lol It was a way of life for them). Passive Aggressive is a definite sign of deep anger, and resentment. Passive/Aggressive behavior makes a person dangerous. Gaslighting by telling you, you remembered something incorrectly. That your reality isn't reality, can make you crazy when you begin to doubt yourself, and what you 'knew' to be true gets fuzzy. Get out! The Overt are easier to spot but the Covet are the most dangerous, I divorced one. Phew! Maybe you know it all already or maybe I've shared a gem to help you on your journey to avoid the narcissistic dragons. They only make you a pet as long as you are stroking their fragile ego, or they are out to destroy you in the most diabolical way, like my ex. I hope this blesses you somehow to shed that shell completely, Butterfly! It may sound strange but years ago, when I was fed up, I went to my bathroom mirror and just started to yell 'No' at the top of my lungs to see and hear myself say it. It really wasn't in my vocabulary then. Now I understand, not having healthy boundaries builds my own resentment over time, so I avoid it by being brutally honest to those in my life. Yes spoken with 'care'. We may not be aware, our resentment actually is our fault. In our resentment we may blame another for not being respectful to us when we haven't even required respect by setting healthy boundaries for our own protection! 'No' is now my favourite word, so empowering. giggle Developing Self Protective Healthy Boundaries is like shedding a shell of our false self. A codependent is seldom able to articulate what they truly want or need, but they can tell you about everyone else's needs, or wants. It takes work to discover who you truly are by God's design. It's much easier to ask, 'God please make me the person You created me to be', and let Him do the heavy lifting for you. We may ask for traits, but will never get the balance or all the traits we were meant to develop, and learn in childhood. God is the 'safe fast track', because 'times awasten'! Love to you God's Precious Beloved, and God bless your journey to the incredible human being you were created to be by God's own Hand! God's fingerprints are all over you. By God's choice, you were His really good idea. 💌

Well said

@@faithm9284 thank u for taking the time to put all this out... very helpful, spot on. God will grace u w a good one for u ...i believe n pray!

Infidelity is a breach of trust, and catastrophic. Denying one's partner the fulfillment of their sexual needs--not just once in awhile, but routinely, imposing a sexless existence upon them while expecting they look nowhere else for sex--is equally a breach of trust, equally catastrophic, and equally to be condemned. This applies, in fact, to all the critical intimacy needs we reserve to committed relationships. Anyone who routinely ignores their partner's most critical needs, and experiences their partner seeking fulfillment of those needs outside of the relationship, and then feels violated by their partner, is a hypocrite. They should look to themselves first, when assigning blame. Routine denial of their partner's needs was the transgression. When their partner at last gives up and gets those needs met elsewhere, they got what they deserved. That isn't romantic or "politically correct", but it is nonetheless true.

@@johntrench 💯

@@johntrench infidelity is not necessarily the result of a sexless marriage. Sometimes people breach the trust because they enjoy the attention of other women (or men), because it makes them feel powerful, because they feel contempt for their partners and so on. If it is a lack of intimacy that makes you want to meet someone else, why not adress this precise issue? Either work on it or explain that you want to find someone new. It might be hard but honesty is less scarring than cheating. Behaving in a responsible manner means that you are beeing respectful towards yourself and your needs. And your partner and his needs. The Self-esteem does not have to be protected by finding someone you can place the blame on, because you have already acted in an ethical consistent manner.

@@johntrench i also cannot emphasize this enough: men have no right to the body of a woman and sex. Women are people and not sex toys. Please talk and work it out with them if this is an issue. Usually women do not want sex if their emotional needs are not met. Do therapy if needed. And if this does not work, leave honestly and look for somebody new. But dont assume you have a right to cheat.

@@dinasimone9815 no, you are 100% wrong. I cannot emphasize THIS enough: when you enter into an intimate, long term relationship, sex is an integral part of the deal. It is NOT optional. It is NOT only if you happen to feel like it. Men do in fact have every right to expect and receive fulfillment of our sexual needs by our mate. And the data that exists shows that women are overwhelmingly the ones who cut off sex, no matter what their man is doing regarding meeting their emotional needs. That denial begins as early as the first year of marriage, and peaks between year seven and year ten. Your assertion that men have no right to the bodies of their mates and to sex is an absurd claim. Would you be willing to accept that women have no right to the savings, assets, incomes, and homes generated by, and accumulated by, their mates? That women who leave their men do not get to take half their men’s assets if they leave them/divorce them, and must walk out with only what they brought in with them at the start, and with only what they have themselves earned by their own work? I am fairly certain you wouldn’t. Denying your mate sex is every bit as much an act of infidelity as seeking sex outside the relationship. When you enter into an intimate exclusive relationship with a man, requiring sexual exclusivity from that man, you are contractually obligating yourself to refrain from denying sexual access to that man. Your own argument is applicable against you. Indeed, it is far more appropriate against you, or any woman (or man) callously denying their mate sex. The mate should never, ever be put in that position. If you decide you do not want to have sex with your mate, leave honestly and find somebody new. Don’t assume that you have the right to unilaterally impose major and unwanted changes to the terms of your intimate relationship on your mate. You do not. The responsibility is yours, not your mate’s. Either you leave, or you take care of your mate’s legitimate needs. I also cannot emphasize strongly enough that sex, your attractiveness, a pleasing and agreeable personality, and providing domestic calm and tranquility, are the ONLY things women bring to the table. You have absolutely nothing else of value to men. That is not an opinion. That is a fact based in human biology. Men are not attracted by your educational achievements, your careers, or your incomes. The four things I list at the start of this paragraph constitute the sum total of your value to us. That is not shallow, it is not arrogant, and it is not at all inaccurate. It is the product of human biology, human evolution, and reflects male and female roles that are the product of that evolution. We are morally equal, but beyond that, no. Beyond that, you have to specify what you are talking about, to determine the superiority-or, perhaps more accurately, suitability and advantage-of female compared to male. Is it possible that we may evolve out of these roles? Yes, of course. In anywhere from, say, fifty or a hundred millennia to millions of years. They will not, however, change in our lifetimes, or the lifetimes of foreseeable generations. If you deny your man sex, you have violated the terms implicit to the relationship contract, and in so doing, you have abdicated any claim to sexual exclusivity. Sexual exclusivity is pledged in return for sexual access. Deny access, and you have broken the contract, and your mate is not bound to that clause any longer. And let’s make no mistake here, intimate relationships, whether cohabitation or marriage, are contracts. When-not if-your man gets sex from another, you will have received the treatment you deserve. As for explaining to you first that we want to find someone else because of that behavior on your part-you do not deserve that courtesy and consideration. Denying your mate sex is an emotionally abusive, disrespectful, arrogant, and contemptuous act, every bit as scarring as you imply being “cheated on” is. You deserve no better than to be treated to disrespect, arrogance, and contempt in return, and to suffer the same level of emotional pain. The fact that some people, both male and female, cheat without reason, is a trivial truth. They are a fraction of cases of infidelity. Men and women seek sex outside the marriage at nearly the same rate, and the overwhelming majority of men who seek sex from a partner outside their primary relationship, do so because they are routinely denied sex by their partner. It is in all men’s best interest to deny you any legal basis for claiming any right to any part of men’s incomes and assets, so that they can walk away from you without permitting you to refuse their legitimate needs AND get “cash and prizes” for doing so. Access to the satisfaction of your needs, including access to resources such as accumulated wealth, income, and other assets, should always remain contingent upon your satisfaction of the needs of the man. You and all other women insist upon satisfaction of your needs. We now insist upon satisfaction of ours. More and more, men are acting to ensure that you will no longer be rewarded for bad behavior in regards to the relationship contract, and you will no longer be allowed to profit at our expense when you break that contract. We don’t care that you don’t like it.

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Lol same 😂... I was thinking maybe I should try getting into a relationship again.... But after hearing this, nah I'm good. Lol

I think there’s a point where you open up your heart to whatever may come.. it came when i became so comfortable with myself and became comfortable with myself in isolation... if i didn’t have that level of comfort with myself then i would project my insecurities onto my partner

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So true!

Please tell me how to heal

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When you neglect because you wanted to build a nice future together, you’re saying, my dream of a future is more important than you right now. My folks neglected me and my brothers as children because they were consumed with the family business. Supposedly one day to pass it down to us. At the age of 18 I wanted nothing more than to burn that building to the ground. As an adult the passing down never happened. They’re selling the building and keeping the money. Neglect is real. Dreams are not.

Daproest, it’s hard on all fronts. What you’re saying makes sense, but I think if there’s good communication, your partner may not feel neglected if you’re checking in with them and still connecting emotionally. There are women who understand what it means to grind in probably the way you were doing, but there still needs to be designated time for the relationship where each partner feels chosen by the other and a priority. This is what generally gives women a sense of security, which allows their heart to stay open.

Benita Ann i agree. Communication works both ways though. When you are passive aggressive, or just start arguments about nothing because you’re feeling neglected, all that does is create more tension and stress, which will cause the man to create more distance.

I'm sorry that this happend. Must have been hard - you tried your best but she would have liked another best. She should have said that and you should have listened more, probably. Many things go unspoken. Hope ur okay.

@@albertodeulofeu5277 Women are NOT direct communicators, men are. In order for women to be safe in their social circles, they have had to adapt to 'indirect' communication styles. This works well amongst women, but men and women have opposing communication styles, with little interest in becoming fluent in the other, thereby making communication the #1 suggestion of what to improve! LOL

That is so, because hate is an emotion closely related to love. Hating or loving makes you think regularly of him, whereas indifference is. You don’t even think about him. That is also a way to tell if you are over him. If you hardly ever think about him means you have moved on.

Absolutely True, I thought this myself many, many years ago...

RedirectYourself,hope you are with a better man cause you are too precious!

Also it has been said the opposite of love is fear...;)

I grew up as the middle child and third wheel and I hate to be ignored so bad I would rather someone slap me in my face than ignore me

Absolutely Taylor.. Would love to get to know u. Please text back if you don't think it weird

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Elisabeth Anderson,You look stunning 🌹🌷🌷 dear, Hope you are with a good man!!

Lol

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Did you ever bring it up with her? What did she say

I always say ty for everything. He doesn’t. 😐

You break up cause she didn’t say thank you? This is not love kill. This is something to work on. Guess you didn’t really love her or she didn’t love you. Cause only lack of gratitude is not a love kill. There must have been much more to this. Be honest and acknowledge that it was NOT only the thankyous that sank your marriage. I am married to the baby of the family and he was not used to say thank you, but he learned with time. If you give them time and they love you they grow up eventually.

@@dilofena8560 I don't know. It's important to say thank you slash it. It's important to show gratitude for the other person's actions. If he is being honest. Thank him for his honesty. He will continue to be honest.

@@dilofena8560 yes not saying thank you is more like a symptom of the actual bigger problem, it can't be THE problem

You probably dealt with a narcissist

In other words, there was no quality sex lol

Sounds like you were with an adult toddler aka borderline

So many points...just say indifference.