What a man in a relationship should be doing for his woman?

[Anonymous]

What should a man be doing in his relationship to keep it going and how to know if a man truly actually wants to be with you and loves you?

[wiltingrosepetal]

Strictly talking about the first year of a relationship, just general stuff. A good morning text, requests to meet up with me, physical touch here and there, and always making sure to communicate through our arguments. The way he acts when conflict arises says the most to keep about whether our relationship will last - if he puts blame on me, refuses to admit fault, doesn't try to talk through our disagreements, starts using insults, etc.

I'm a very 'agree to disagree' person. If he can't be mature enough to say 'alright, that's your opinion, there's no changing it, so let's stop arguing' or 'I messed up and so did you, can we forgive each other and move past this?' then he's not meant to date.

[I_Am_Loner0405]

What should a woman in a relationship be doing for her man? No one seems to ask that question it’s always what can the man do when he is already doing all of the providing.

[Asker]

I agree, a good relationship has to have two people who want to put the work in not just one. I asked this question because I wanted to see others perspectives as a woman.

[Anonymous]

Should the answer be any different from what a woman should be doing for her man in a relationship? If so, how?

[Asker]

I feel men and women should equally give the same effort but I do think what a man gives is different compared to what a woman would give. For example a woman would most likely have a door held for her not her having to hold the door, hopefully that makes sense.

[Opinion Owner]

"For example a woman would most likely have a door held for her not her having to hold the door"

Why is that? Tradition? How do women generally feel about traditional gender roles these days
Hmm?

Why would you expect a man to do that for a woman but not vice versa? Are doors too heavy for women to open? Or is it an entitlement thing? I suspect it's the latter?

I think today's women feel entitled to certain traditional treatment simply because they are women, but they generally don't think men should feel entitled to any traditional treatment.

Am I wrong?

[Asker]

I have mainly only seen traditional gender roles in my life and someone else may have a different experience or prefer something else that’s all up to them and their relationship, I mainly just asked this question to get an outlook on what men are doing for woman today as a woman myself. I have also seen bare minimum treatment from men myself so maybe I should she worded my question differently and asked what’s above bare minimum or what is even bare minimum in todays day and age.

[Asker]

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