“Men don’t sit around plotting and wondering when the relationship will hit its next milestone… they just go with it and let it unfold knowing things will move forward when it feels right and not by force,” explains Alexis. These relationship milestones have a lot to do with self-worth. For example, as women we think as soon as he says, “I love you” we are loved and secure. If he doesn’t say it for a few days, we start to wonder is he still is in love so we result in anxiety. Alexis’ friend Eric Charles confesses, “In the beginning everything was just so easy but I knew it was only the beginning. I always did nice things like take her out and buy her gifts but I didn’t know how long she would expect this treatment. Weeks into the relationship, she began to cry from time to time and nag about how I don’t do nice things anymore. This didn’t mean I didn’t love her or didn’t care, it just simple meant my time for proving that I care was over. I still loved her with all my heart but I guess it became some type of emotional problem when I stopped telling and showing her.” Alexis, defines the problem to be that the girlfriend never loved herself because if she did, she would realize it that love is an emotion. It is not an
“Men don’t sit around plotting and wondering when the relationship will hit its next milestone… they just go with it and let it unfold knowing things will move forward when it feels right and not by force,” explains Alexis. These relationship milestones have a lot to do with self-worth. For example, as women we think as soon as he says, “I love you” we are loved and secure. If he doesn’t say it for a few days, we start to wonder is he still is in love so we result in anxiety. Alexis’ friend Eric Charles confesses, “In the beginning everything was just so easy but I knew it was only the beginning. I always did nice things like take her out and buy her gifts but I didn’t know how long she would expect this treatment. Weeks into the relationship, she began to cry from time to time and nag about how I don’t do nice things anymore. This didn’t mean I didn’t love her or didn’t care, it just simple meant my time for proving that I care was over. I still loved her with all my heart but I guess it became some type of emotional problem when I stopped telling and showing her.” Alexis, defines the problem to be that the girlfriend never loved herself because if she did, she would realize it that love is an emotion. It is not an