Elisa Mariño
1 min readNov 15, 2021

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Are we uninterested in men or are we uninterested in certain type of men?

I mean, maybe what doesn't work is the old model where women have to change themselves to fit what men wanted but "accept men as they are".

What seems to work is to adapt. To be honest with yourself about who you want to be and look for people that like you the way you are and that you can accept as they are.

And while it might seem difficult, is not that difficult once you ditch preconceptions and learn how to use what you have to find that people. I mean, dating apps are useful, but if you dislike them, you can try to hang out with people who share your interest. Those people might become your next partner or introduce you to them.

And once you are in a relationship, you might need to reach compromises, not pressure the other to do what you want and think that each "battle" is isolated and once you "win" that is it. Because they might have accepted with the expectation that you would be the one who compromise the next time. And if things are very unbalanced, you might be really happy thinking that everything is great, while the other person is already thinking to break up and just one straw more would lead to that.

People still have relationships, but they won't remain in them for the sake of not being single. In the long term that is healthy, even if now we need to adapt.

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Elisa Mariño
Elisa Mariño

Written by Elisa Mariño

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