Love On Your Terms: Are Your Expectations Too High?

September 2nd, 2012 - By Brooke Dean

If you ask a woman what she expects of her man and her relationship, chances are she’ll say, “everything.” And for the most part, you should want to get the most out of love and commitment. The problem is we feel entitled to love and commitment the way we want it, not realizing that our potential partner might have his own view of what love entails. We all define commitment differently - one size doesn’t fit all and no one person’s idea of love and happiness is right or wrong. If you find that you always feel unloved because you can’t get your partner to love you on your terms, perhaps you should consider the fact that you have unrealistic expectations as it pertains to relationships. Unsure? Ask yourself these questions.

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  • Elle Royal

    This article is too long. Economize. Simplify.

  • FromUR2UB

    No, he doesn’t really love me. I’ve tried setting him free, but he won’t stay gone. I would LOVE if he took care of my car…just washed it for me every once in a while. He keeps his clean.

  • Erin

    I don’t think its wrong to expect someone to love you how you want and need to be loved. Check out the 5 love languages its a great book that goes over the five different ways in which we understand, receive, and show love. Everyone has a primary love language but can show and receive love in the other 4 as well. Its true that everyone shows and receives love in a different way but that’s why you find someone that is willing to listen, learn, and do love you in the way you need. Its not unreasonable to expect someone to love you how you want or you would never feel loved. Of course no ones a mind reader so you have to express what makes you feel loved but if the person your with really cares about you they also pay attention and pick up on the subtle hints we all drop because we shouldn’t have to tell people that claim to love us everything.

  • janthonyrose

    I think it’s great to have standards, and to hold out for what you want, so long as you base those expectations on reality. If you can give what you ask for, I think that’s reasonable.