a few important truths about men and the common reasons why they leave relationships with women they like or love…
Reason #1: The “Pleasure Principle”
Men, and women, generally want to FEEL GOOD in their lives.
And they want to have the people around them be a source of pleasure and comfort and support.
Yourself included.
When you are constantly freaking out on a man for what it is about him that freaks you out, you quickly turn into one of the people that it DOESN’T FEEL GOOD to be around.
And this has a huge impact on whether or not he wants to invest more time, effort and energy in you and your relationship.
Or if he will decide to give up on trying to fix what’s going on with you so you can both feel good together.
Reason #2: Emotional Experience And The Future
For a man in a relationship, the ways a woman acts in the “little” situations become indicators of how she’s going to respond when things really are tough in the future.
So if a woman is consistently negative and emotional… and can’t get herself together even when a man tries to explain things and comfort her… then a man isn’t going to think that things could be any better in the future together.
Reason #3: Lost Feelings Of Attraction
Love can be important to a man.
But just like a woman, if he doesn’t also keep experiencing the exciting and addictive feelings of CONNECTION and ATTRACTION with the woman he loves… then eventually EVERYTHING ELSE starts to not matter.
When a man doesn’t FEEL that deep level of connection with a woman, at least every so often to remind him of why he’s with her, then he’ll forget why… and the relationship will become just a whole bunch of “work” to him.
Whenever he thinks of his girlfriend, he’ll think of all the problems, frustrations, and negative emotions and experiences… and he’ll see a future and a commitment as something that will make him LESS SATISFIED in his life.
Often times when women are feeling distance or trouble in a relationship, they’ll try to “talk” to a man and work on “the relationship”.
Big mistake if you want to turn things around.
For a man, he wants to do things together (not talk) to know his relationship is working.
Creating a deep level of connection and sharing the attraction you have is one of the most powerful and important keys to giving a man his own reason for wanting to be with you, no matter what.
Reason #4: The “Neediness” of Codependence
A man wants to be with a woman that brings something better to his life, not take away his time, energy, and emotional “stability”.
So when a woman doesn’t have much going on for herself in her own life a few things happen.
First, she focuses on her relationship too much as her source of happiness or unhappiness.
You can tell when you’ve done this in your relationships in the past when you’ve said things like:
“I can’t believe how I didn’t hardly ever see any of my friends while we were together.”
…or
“I can’t believe I let him control me that way.”
…or
“I feel so stupid for wasting so much relationship, when I could have been doing things for me and my life.”
The reality is that no man and no relationship is capable of being everything to a woman.
And no relationship requires that you sacrifice all your time, life, and energy for it… no matter how much it seems that way.
But our relationships can “trick” us into believing that they need all of our time and attention just to survive.
Not true.
In fact, the way this works is completely COUNTERINTUITIVE.
Often times men leave women because they see that she depends too much on him and has lost her own sources of happiness… and this not only looks and feels “needy” to a man, but it keeps the woman from having much to bring into the relationship and add to their lives together.
Reason #5: “She’s Trying To Fix Me…”
Every few weeks or months I come across someone who says or alludes to the idea that “people don’t change.”
Wrong.
People often change their state of mind in an instant.
Especially from happy to sad.
Of course, changing perspectives, opinions, or beliefs can take a bit longer… but these change quickly too.
A man can and will “change” and compromise for a woman.
It’s a fact.
I see it all the time where men let go of their “bachelor lifestyles” for one special woman, and change a ton about their social lives.
But this only happens when a man has HIS OWN REASONS to change.
It NEVER works, or lasts, if a man simply tries to change for a woman, or for the sake of the relationship.
There’s a rule I like to use in my life when ever I come to a situation where I’m trying to align my own desires or goals with someone elses-
“All motivation is self-interest”
In other words, if you’re trying to create a great situation with a man, you’re going to need to understand what HIS REASONS are going to be for doing the work on his end to make it happen.
But lots of women try and get a man to change by showing a man how it affects THEM, not him.
This is the exact opposite of understanding that people are motivated by the things that THEY WANT, and not what others feel and want.
It takes some maturity to accept that other people (men) have their own unique way of seeing things and wanting what they want. (to stay and work things out, or not)
But once you learn to accept these things and start to work with them instead of against them, life gets a whole lot easier.
And a whole lot more fun.
So those are 5 of the most common reasons band situations about why men leave women and relationships.
One of the most important things underlying all these 5 reasons is the EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE that you create with a man.
I think of the emotional experience that you share with a man in your relationship as the door through which your relationship will either open up and move forward…
Or on the other hand, as the barrier that causes a relationship to stay shut and go nowhere.
And I look at COMMITMENT as a man and a woman agreeing to open the door together and walk through it.
But the truth is that men don’t COMMIT for the same reasons most women do.
They don’t think about, talk about, or want to walk through the door the same way most women do.
That’s why the “process” by which most men commit is different.
For most women, there’s often a kind of tension and resistance built into moving forward in a relationship with a man.
And I’m not just talking about the spoken words that make a commitment… but about the “emotional commitment” a man has inside with you.
If a man is deeply committed to you and your relationship on an emotional level, then any “issues” you run into are just going to be “bumps in the road” to him. And he’ll be confident, comfortable, open, and secure with you in working them out.
But if a man ISN’T “emotionally committed” to you, then each and every little problem is going to cause him to get irritated, frustrated, and have him wanting to blame you and withdraw.
Which is, in turn, going to make things much less CERTAIN for you in your relationship.
I’ll talk to you again soon, and best of luck in life and love.
Your Friend,
yosh
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