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Do you love others the way you love yourself?
...if you don’t prioritize sleep, do you expect others to lose sleep over you?
...if you often skip meals, do you expect someone to share their food when you’re hungry?
So many of us get into relationships* on an empty stomach expecting to be fed.
Why?
Why?
*professional, contractual, familial, romantic = relationships
I witnessed—in real time—a good (by all accts) person descend into chaos, having given themselves to us in a number of ways over time.
It’s so sad to see. A fave. Spiraling in plain view.
It’s so sad to see. A fave. Spiraling in plain view.
Also, this but universal: “The Only One (where men cast their wives and girlfriends to play best friend, lover, career advisor, stylist, social secretary, emotional cheerleader, mom—to him, their future kids, or both—and eventually, on-call therapist....emotional gold digging...”
“...is not only detrimental to men, it's exhausting an entire generation of women.” https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/
