Polls: Relationships

Inspired by @OddBeMe 's question: Do you think you really know another person?

Do you think you really know a person?

I really struggle in this area. I feel like I'm hard to get to know and I never know how much of myself to reveal.

in their relationships

We see that when bisexual women choose to date women they describe dating much more difficulty compared to men; this is further supported by transmen. When we look at divorce rates between lesbians and gay men, we see that the divorce rates are way higher when it comes to lesbians.

For example:

"More lesbians than gay men get married, but the discrepancy in divorce rates is much wider than that in marriage rates. Gay men account for 44 per cent of same-sex marriages in the latest data, but make up only 26 per cent of divorcees."

When we look at heterosexual marriages, 80% of divorces are initiated by women with 55% of first time marriages likely to fail.

Do you think that when it comes to relationships that gay men are much happier than all other couples?

Sorry Ladies, don't need your input on this one. Everytime a question is asked on this topic y'all leave infantile hallow answers about "you're just mad you can't get any sex". Grow up.

Do you think most people's romantic "love" to each other is based on superficial conditional things first (height, money, good looks in men, or hot body in women)?

Or is it that most people who end up in long term relationships are "truly meant for each other" and would've found each other, regardless of looks, height, social status, age, etc?

Notice I said MOST (60 to 90% of people), not all. Obviously, my answer is no. I'm physically unattractive and have literally nothing going for me in looks/physical, so I can confirm that "personality alone" isn't enough to make "love happen."

But that's just what I think. What do you think?

Inspired by this question here.

An Emotional Caretaker is some own who avoids conflict in order to appease the other half the relationship in order to make them happy. They do this because the genuinely care for the other person and would rather themselves feel upset, hurt or anger then to cause the one they love to be hurt or upset. The long-term hope for the caretaker is that it the relationship will improve over time and eventually the other person will love and respect them on the same level that they love and respect their partner.

An Emotional Manipulator is some who is magnetically drawn to a caretaker, regardless of what the caretake does for them there is always a higher expectation for more. They make it hard for a caretaker to set boundaries or stand their ground an issue, because they constantly crossing lines or changing the aim of their target by deflecting and redirecting conversations or disagreement into other fronts and areas. Until it because too much for the caretaker to want to persist in the argument.

Most Caretakers do not see themselves as victims. Manipulators make themselves the victim in every scenario and do not always consciously know or acknowledge to themselves that the are using or taking advantage of anyone.

SO I will assume most will manipulators would never admit to be being one and by and large I do no think a true emotional manipulator has a complete grasp on who and what they really are. Most of time the behaviors of the manipulator are very subtle, passive and subconscious. They easily justify everything by making themselves the victim, and there by justifying their behaviors.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stop-caretaking-the-borderline-or-narcissist/201404/when-relationships-are-based-manipulation#:~:text=An%20emotional%20caretaker%20is%20someone,health%20and%20well-being%20needs.

Is it socially acceptable for a Man to enjoy being submissive to Women?