01/17/2026
A man won’t treat you like he treats his mother.
He’ll treat you like his father treats his mother.
I said what I said.
Watch the dynamic.
Watch the tone.
Watch the respect — or the lack of it.
If he grew up seeing love as neglect,
anger,
silence,
or control,
that’s the blueprint he learned.
Not because he’s doomed,
but because unexamined patterns repeat themselves.
How conflict was handled.
How affection was shown.
How accountability existed — or didn’t.
Men don’t magically invent relationship skills.
They model what they witnessed.
Pay attention to the example he see as normal.
Because unless he’s done the work to unlearn it,
that’s the role he’ll step into with you.
Love isn’t just about chemistry.
It’s about conditioning.
Choose wisely.