
Suppose my ex saw this story. I am sure she would be proud of me.
Maybe not directly so. But a constant reminder of what transpired between us remained a vivid memory.
Well, look what you made me do.
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Young and dating women. You can quickly gather up a sense of tranquility and peace if you know this one truth.
I refer to young and dating women because these are the exact people who know what it feels like to date at this moment.
You would agree that it’s rough out here at love avenue. You either get jilted plainly or conned into love and left for pity.
The chances of finding real love are now becoming slimmer. The door to titanic-level love keeps closing by the day.
If you are into a different kind of piece in the game. Well, you might not feel it as much.
But if you are a lady and you are into men. Well, it is only a fair price to know what you might be up for and against.
The new man
We have all been stuck up on the evolution of the earth and its people, and we forget to place some practical reasoning on their reactions to specific things.
The new man is very different from what men used to be. The new man is not like the man your mum got married to.
The usual things to do to make him smile don’t work anymore.
- Dress well for him.
- Let him in on the gossip.
- Ask for his help.
All these were initially the 100% tokens to getting a man madly in love with you. Now it’s a lot more than that.
The new man is not the type of man you’ve constructed in your head right from when you were in middle school.
The 6-foot model superman, who thinks of no other thing than to make you happy.
Don’t get me wrong. The usual traditional men are still around, but they are now only a thought in the minds of many men.
The Truth
The one truth you must get accustomed to as a young and dating woman in this 21st century is that he can still be your man and a stranger.
He can be your man and still be a stranger!
He can show all shades of love today and act all crazy tomorrow.
He can listen to all your talks about marriage and starting a family and still say it out loud when you are with friends that he’s never considered marriage for once.
The moral here remains that you loosen your grip on the ideology of a perfect man.
That era is long gone.
Although not yet recorded, most men now are the instigators of most breakups. They have mastered the ability to stall love and will keep you if they get some dose of satisfaction from you.
Of course, a reason for the change in mentality can be easily backed by the sense of toughness of men, even more so depression of some form.
If you must date at this time as a woman.
Know that he could be your man, genuinely love you, and yet show signs of insecurity or disbelief in himself, letting you feel like he is a stranger in the relationship.
Expand your threshold for imbalances. However, be assertive to ensure you are not giving lame chances to the wrong one.
Thank you so much for reading my article today. My gratitude towards you knows no bound. I will be publishing another article very soon.
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This post was previously published on medium.com.
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