" a woman who learns to give a man respect can get anything she wants"
I don't even know where to go with this one.
Ya....sigh.
Respect is accorded because the behaviour is respectful in some way. We respect in different ways all the time. We respect knowledge, manners, actions, feelings. But what each person respects is not the same as a requirement.
We can ask someone to respect our choices, while understanding that they may feel differently. We can respect some things in a person, but not others, while the other person needs respect of the things we take for granted as simply human behaviour.
That being said, and probably not understood very well lol!, respect begins with self. If you are not respecting all aspects of who you are, you cannot respect anyone else. Fear, jealousy, sense of entitlement, but admiration and respect can't be afforded to another person, if you don't know what it feels like.
Sandi also says "Do what works." If texting has worked, do it, keep a journal, check interactions. Don't simply go NC because that is what is says to do.
