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True Love Means Putting Yourself First
We all know men and women who don’t care about their hygiene, hair, makeup, clothing, whether they’re good in bed, or socially influential, yet — paradoxically — are wildly successful romantically
No. Your hair does not have to be perfect all the time.
No. It shouldn’t matter what you wear, how you smell, whether you say the right things, are reliable and punctual all the time, love ponies and rainbows and babies, and feed the homeless every weekend — if someone truly loves you, they will love you….as you are.
Right?
What if true love means finding someone who doesn’t try to bend, shape, or reinvent you into someone you are not?
Maybe the stress of trying to please (and keep) someone isn’t worth it if it means you’re constantly chasing someone else’s impossible standards and ideals.
Maybe people who can’t be themselves in a relationship or marriage have only themselves to blame. After all, nobody is forcing them to put so much pressure on themselves to be perfect…..are they?
Self Confidence is an aphrodisiac:
When Donald Trump said he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and his supporters would remain loyal to him, at first we thought he was speaking metaphorically.
