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11/14/2025

A falling share of 12th grade girls are certain they would like a lifetime partner. Between 1976 and 2010, about 65% of 12th grade girls responded “definitely yes” when asked if they would like a mate for most of their life, according to the Institute for Family Studies.

But for the years 2020 to 2024, the share who responded “definitely yes” was just 48 percent. The responses “probably yes” and “not sure,” on the other hand, each rose 7 percentage points from 2010 to the present.

11/14/2025

When one partner becomes more confident, less negative, calmer... the other partner often has no idea how to cope.

The dynamic itself needs to be reworked.

Don't let this stop you from growing into your best self.

11/13/2025

It's pretty simple, really.

11/13/2025

If you're a golden retriever don't marry a Scottish terrier.

11/13/2025

Does one person think they have to be a sycophant to keep the other appeased?

11/13/2025

at a certain point, it becomes obvious that some incompatibilities cannot be resolved.

11/13/2025

Guys are more tolerant of anxiety and indecision in women when young.

But they get very impatient with this when they expect her to be able to care for the kids later on.

11/13/2025

Why are relationships so hard for many neurodivergent men? Dad Starting Over and I discuss.

11/13/2025

The first step in changing the pattern of you needing to constantly initiate is to have a discussion with your husband about what’s really going on.

This should not be done in an attacking way.

Say something like, “I wish you would initiate more, that’s really what I like the most. Why do I end up initiating more, though? Is this what you prefer?”

This will hopefully be an opening for you to have an honest discussion about your preferences in bed.

You can give him the green light to initiate, and tell him what a turn on this would be for you.

11/13/2025

For every woman who is frustrated by their husband’s constant s*xual initiation, there is a woman who feels jealous of that dynamic.

Despite popular media’s caricaturing of men as constantly initiating and women as the fickle gatekeepers of s*x, there are plenty of couples where the woman feels s*xually rejected.

Just as being the lone initiator hurts men, women who are constantly having to initiate s*x (or pre-initiate) become less confident in their desirability, frustrated by their partner’s passivity, and resentful about their need to constantly be the one who puts themselves out there s*xually.

They may be even more hurt than constantly-initiating men are because of the popular conception of women as the pursued gender.

Unpursued women that I see in counseling often fantasize about a man who would take charge in the bedroom and directly express their s*xual desire.

11/13/2025

There is rolling admission to the Midlife women's group! Next meeting is TODAY at 10a ET. Apply and I'll get you in stat! Comes with private Facebook group and every week is a theme. Today we are discussing attachment. It's ever other week via video although we will meet next week as well on Fri bc we are skipping Thanksgiving. Info in comments.

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