Why is it that women have this thing of comparing their relationships with their men to that of their peers and their partners?
The thing with this craziness that overcomes women is, firstly, they forget that we are all different individuals and when we come together as couples, there is no way we can produce the same results... I don't know, that's just my take! It's like having bread and eggs and expecting chicken a la king from it??? Errrrrr??? When looking at it this way, sounds silly huh?!
But honestly, its as silly as it sounds ladies... You cannot measure the success or failure of your relationship with your man based on your neighbour's portrayal of her relationship... Sometimes we need to consider that we don't know what happens behind closed doors... For all we know, your neighbour is living a private hell and public happiness! It becomes very important for one to really accept their relationship for what it is... If he doesn't buy you flowers, it really isn't the end of the world because maybe he tells you how happy you make him and how much he loves you.
I think its all about asking yourself the following questions... Does he inspire you to be more? Does he motivate you to do more? Is he involved in contributing to a better you and involved in your relationship? Because ultimately, those are the things one needs in order to measure the success of the relationship. If he ticks all those boxes, i really think that everything else becomes secondary and also falls into place the way that it should...
We are unique, therefore, our shit won't fall into place the same way and this place that shit is falling into, won't be the same either. Your place could be a picket fence with 2 kids and mine could just be a long term relationship without marriage or kids...
So I say, as long as you are both inspired, motivated and involved, it is a phenomenal relationship!
It baffles me that even in this day and age, people still wanna mirror their friends' "perfect" life. How easy life would be if we all understood that our uniqueness is what makes our relationships work.
ReplyDeleteIf we as ladies could also stop depicting "our relationships" as "perfect", it could reduce our friends' envy and jealousy 'cause i think thats where it arises from. Not to say we should share all our relationship flaws with our friends.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Lerato...all for the "perfect" relationship status! If only those in competition knew how tiring it is to play "catch" up and keeping up games. And so what if you and your man have date night every week as opposed to mine and baby's once every 3 months? Different things keep us attracted to our partners, different things keep us in relationships, different things keep us going as a couple...you are right Refentse, the questions that we should be asking ourselves are those of involvement, mutual goals, contribution and inspiration. I think the sooner women work on themselves individually...contribute, get involved and continuously inspiring the phenomenal woman inside...the better we can add to our partners and stop caring about how many years my friend has been with her man and what they get up to.
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