How One Advice Saved My Relationship and Changed My Life
These days many women write to me and ask me for advice, and that’s why I decided to share this publicly.
They get angry that men don’t understand them. I ask them, “Have you told him what you want?” And they say, “No, but he should know and have anticipated my needs.”
From a young age it’s drummed into both genders that there is one “perfect” person for us whom we will one day meet, and everything will be wonderful, and he will know us completely. While that’s a beautiful story, in real life things are not like that, and relationships are much more complex.
Eight years ago, when I met my partner, I had the same mindset, with a dose of unprocessed trauma and a little bit of madness. Almost every week we argued about something, and every month or two we had a big fight because I felt he didn’t understand me, didn’t want to meet my needs, didn’t really know me, didn’t care.
He told me then: “People are not clairvoyants who can read minds. You have to say what you want and what you need. I don’t mind doing it, but I have to know.”
From then on I started applying this not only in my relationship, but with everyone else as well. The effect for me was more than striking and impressive. Since then I honestly can’t remember having any conflicts with people. People actually want things to go well; they want to hear what you want and to fulfill it—of course, I’m talking about normal things, not manipulative ones.
I hope this post will be helpful to other people as well. And you—do you say what you want, and does it work out for you?