Jive Weasel

Archive for the ‘Relationship’ Category

As people become honest and open in a relationships to the point of sharing what they want most from a partnership, they experience a tremendous surge of freedom.  Gone are the fears of inadvertently offending their partners.  Frustrating attempts to second guess what is expected become unnecessary.  Mutual trust and confidence grow because each partner knows where he or she stands.  And with the increase in the degree of openness comes a commensurate rise in the level of intimacy.

Once in a while dating partners who begin to be honest with one another discover that they have serious differences in expectations.  Yet, neither person is willing to yield or change in any way.  In such situations, if the people truly cannot accept their partners or negotiate their differences, their only responsible choice is to withdraw from the intimacy of a dating relationship and return to a friendship level, for to continue is only to hurt one another eventually.