idk man explaining relationships seems like a pretty reasonable and normal thing to me, if both people aren’t on the same terms i’m not sure how anybody is expecting it to work otherwise.
You could subscribe to a “social” relationship standard but that’s stupid.
Explaining what you seek in a relationship is good, doesn’t mean you need to “educate” your partner on what you think love is, everyone has different needs.
I guess my english comprehension today failed me because I said the same thing minus the educate part, isn’t the word used in a teaching context? I read OP’s post as someone who has a higher understanding of what a relationship is, which is both weird and untrue since you absolutely can have fireworks/effusive emotions after the honeymoon phase.
which is both weird and untrue since you absolutely can have fireworks/effusive emotions after the honeymoon phase.
you definitely can but its never going to be the same as it was during the honeymoon phase, there’s a reason they call it that. Though for me personally there would never be a honeymoon phase lol. I just don’t approach relationships like that.
Trying to explain how a relationship works to your partner it’s also very weird. Still, fuck that.
idk man explaining relationships seems like a pretty reasonable and normal thing to me, if both people aren’t on the same terms i’m not sure how anybody is expecting it to work otherwise.
You could subscribe to a “social” relationship standard but that’s stupid.
Explaining what you seek in a relationship is good, doesn’t mean you need to “educate” your partner on what you think love is, everyone has different needs.
i believe those to be the same thing intrinsically. Gaslighting your partner into believing something that isnt a thing is bad though.
Educating your partner on what you think love is, and what you seek in a relationship is good. How can they be expected to know, otherwise?
I guess my english comprehension today failed me because I said the same thing minus the educate part, isn’t the word used in a teaching context? I read OP’s post as someone who has a higher understanding of what a relationship is, which is both weird and untrue since you absolutely can have fireworks/effusive emotions after the honeymoon phase.
you definitely can but its never going to be the same as it was during the honeymoon phase, there’s a reason they call it that. Though for me personally there would never be a honeymoon phase lol. I just don’t approach relationships like that.
If they’re not getting it, then sometimes it’s necessary lol