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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Respect the man, please
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A few months ago, my best friends briefly met a guy I had been seeing for a few weeks. I wasn’t sure if this was a great idea, but I figured it was safe to have a meet and greet. At some point in the interrogation, um conversation, the slightly younger guy made a remark that made us all pause: I would prefer my woman to respect me more than love me.
Interesting, right? Grandeur Girl asked him to elaborate and we began to talk about respect vs. love in dating and relationships. Sitting in my living room, I realized that this guy was more mature than I originally thought!
His point was that men need to be respected and they want to be loved. I think with women, it’s different, we need to be loved, and want to be respected. What are your thoughts? Is love and respect a false dichotomy?
Do you think that women often interchange love and respect, while men tend to separate the two? Do you think that we have problems in dating that stem from this caveat
Two quotes to share: I once read a quote by Frankie Byrne,”Respect is love in plain clothes”; and my father once told me that “Without respect, there is nothing to build on.” Which quote best describes your own ideals about respect and love in relationships?
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