Men, women, relationships, and intimacy will be the focus of this article. Leave this page now if you do not want to hear relationship advice specific to men, and specific to women. Are you still with me? Let’s continue, then.

There is relationship advice for both men or women, however it is irrelevant if one is a man or a woman. Men and women all have their own needs within their relationships, and if you want to know what your partner needs, you need to learn how both sexes think. I’ll explain.

In order to have a happy and fulfilling life with your partner, you must understand and appreciate him or her and learn how he or she thinks.  This is the key to any lasting relationship. There are several things that people your age think about: what feels good to you, what feels the best, and what should be done at each moment. You can get advice from those in your family like your mother and father if you are lucky. You may even have a family who allows you to talk openly and freely, and you have learned to trust your parents when they’ve given you advice.

I’ve not been that fortunate.  I’ve been allowed to go it alone, and as a result, I have made several relationship mistakes. I wasn’t one of those people who grew up with a supportive family — no loving mother, no dad to lean on, nothing. I was forced to navigate through life and relationships alone, and I was very unsuccessful. On the flip side, because I had to be so fiercely independent, I learned how to persevere and now have a few accomplishments of which I am quite proud. One of the most important decisions- and the hardest, is the task of picking the person that you will spend the rest of your life with.

You may be wondering why an average man like me feels he has a responsibility to offer important relationship advice to you.  My primary motivation is my daughters; I don’t want them to struggle the way I did and enter into relationships with the wrong people. When you begin to navigate through the world of women, I wish you luck! My daughters are smarter and more cultured than you, and are generally better than you in about every conceivable way. I have realized that God has a sense of humor when I think about the vast differences in men and women.

Relationships between men and women are nothing new.  Men and women have been forced to deal with one another since the beginning of time. Some might say that men and women are like separate species. Men and women differ in appearance, thought process, actions, and even voice. Women are brainier, and men are stronger. I hear you men groaning at the fact that a woman is smarter than you, but it has been proven that women have a higher capacity to learn than you do. Its a fact, so stop the whining and let’s get on to the next point. When was the last time you heard a woman yell about a man being stronger?

I tend to look at the world through a man’s point of view since I am, afterall, a man. However, I also have two daughters and a deep affection for women, and so I am able to look at life from a female perspective as well. That is why advice should be given to men and women specifically so that one gender can better understand the other. Men and women, though very different, can learn to look at situations through the one another’s eyes and live a very happy and fulfilling life together.

Henry Roelink is an expert on love (or so he thinks).

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