Introduction

[TJT]

P.S. I forgot to address the compartmentalizing thing. That really bothers and scare me about future relationships, especially when it's positioned as just being "how men are". I don't think it's 100% outright a bad thing, but the whole not showing emotions, or at least not being honest about how you feel/putting it to the side and not addressing something directly is super detrimental to a partnership.

The reason I say it's not 100% bad is because in fairness, women could definitely benefit from having a little more of that skill rather than overthinking things as much as we do. The important thing is that both people recognize these traits and identify where they may be detrimental to agree on approaches that works for both. That's where I think a lot of people will just use the excuse of "well I'm a man" or "I'm a woman". We can't change some things but we can be aware of them and manage them if they don't always serve us well!

My H would always say, "We'll cross that bridge when we get there" about a lot of things. Hmm... I guess we're there!!!