Tough Love Doesn’t Work

Tough love is an excuse for no love. Too much toughness with too little love.  Focus too much on the tough part without the balance of love.  You are only raising psychopaths. Some people need a lot more positive reinforcement than toughness. Sometimes, someone needs a little push, but that push should never involve breaking … Read more

Are close relationships *actually* transactional?

Sorry maybe this is dumb, but please don’t so easily take something someone else said or written to be the profound ultimate truth. ************************* Contributing to a relationship is not the same as a transaction. You already said it well with regard to sex, “it’s a shared experience”. A relationship is about being a team, … Read more