Hello, I'm new here and quite honestly painfully embarrassed to just be finding this amazing space. As I am having nightmarish revelation after fever dream of the error of my past dating ways, I am struggling to apply a label to the concepts I'm unearthing for myself.
What is the term or phrase used to describe when you finally decide to simply stop explaining to or asking for men to treat you like they're supposed to and dump them with no warning?
For example, I didn't have one single conversation with the man I was dating for 2 months about the behaviors he chose to exhibit that bothered me. I only observed his behavior while actively dating him 2 or so times per week and, when the red flags were too plentiful, I broke up with him. What's that called? The refusal to teach them or ask for better behavior?
Thanks!
Thanks!
The funny thing is, even if you DO expend the engery to educate them, they tend to repeat the same patterns over again and again. For me, I think "Why bother? They'll just disregard what I say anyway", which is sort of degrading IMO. In my experience, it's not worth it.