As much as we hear about how to treat a woman right and how it’s so strongly emphasized, you almost never hear about how to treat a man right & it shows with a lot of the logic I see on here so I just wanted to comment on something I see very frequently on my TL.

I see this idea that centers around: “A man who really loves you will stick by you NO MATTER WHAT”. Relationships are a two-way street. Yes, loyalty & being able to work through difficulties are absolutely key, but women also have to hold up their end of the relationship.

It’s almost like persistent disrespect & being generally unhappy are often confused w/ “working through rough patches”. There’s a huge difference b/w that & being w/ someone who just isn’t meeting your needs no matter how many times you’ve discussed them.

Make sure you don’t get trapped in that cloud of manipulation.

If YOU really loved the man, he wouldn’t have to practically beg you to be treated half as decently as he treats you. Sometimes, people in general aren’t mature enough to recognize that they

are also responsible for how the relationship goes. It takes two to make it work & two to make it fail. So to all my dudes out there, misery is not loyalty. Your happiness matters just like hers does. If you’ve tried your best to make it work & it just hasn’t worked...

It doesn’t reflect on you as a man to take yourself out of a bad situation.

To girls willing to die on that hill of “if he loved me, he would make it work”...be honest w/ yourselves about how you’re treating people & whether you’d be fine with accepting the same treatment.