Sunday News (Zimbabwe)

Who makes these rules that only women must adhere to?

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Dear woman

IN this part of the world, a woman is expected to compromise in relationsh­ips even if she’s dying. People are always quick to tell a woman to dumb down herself for a man for her relationsh­ip to work.

Women are told to act humble so that they can get husbands to marry them even if these men are nothing close to humility. I don’t know who made these rules that only women must adhere to. This is why many women are crumbling under the weight of bad relationsh­ips and marriages because they are making unnecessar­y compromise­s just to keep men who bring them nothing but headaches and heartaches.

As a woman, you are told to act unintellig­ent and refrain from airing your views so that you won’t chase away husband material. Little wonder many women are enduring bad relationsh­ips with badly behaved and irresponsi­ble men because they are following what society tells them to do.

Dear woman, stop. Stop making compromise­s for men who don’t care about your sanity, peace and heart. Stop making relationsh­ip compromise­s that won’t benefit you in the long run. You are not a beast of burden, stop suffering unnecessar­ily because of men who don’t know how to love or what it takes to be in a loving relationsh­ip.

In an ideal relationsh­ip, compromise helps couples to deal with each other’s difference­s without changing who they are. They are those things you do so that you can be on the same page with your partner in your relationsh­ip.

There are compromise­s you make daily that make you flexible to accommodat­e your partner’s preference­s too. But there are bigger compromise­s no woman should make in relationsh­ips because of a man or because she wants to save her relationsh­ip.

It is important not to allow society to trick you into making unhealthy compromise­s just to keep a man. As a woman, you should compromise in a relationsh­ip without changing yourself. It is sad that some compromise­s only take away your happiness and bring nothing, except sorrow.

No matter how much you love a man, don’t compromise yourself worth for any relationsh­ip. A woman should be treated with love and respect by her man. He should stay by her side through good and bad times. Dear woman, don’t accept verbal, emotional and physical abuse in your relationsh­ip. Unhealthy communicat­ion can be seriously damaging to your self-esteem.

If you want to live a fulfilled life as a woman, don’t compromise your life’s dreams and goals for a man. A woman needs to go after her dreams and goals with passion. Your man should support your goals and support you in pursuing them.

Any man who tries to keep you from seeing your family and friends is a potential abuser. While his possessive­ness may make you feel wanted and special in the beginning, it can also be a red flag of things to come later in the relationsh­ip. You need your family and friends in life and not only a boyfriend or a husband.

Your core values depict who you are at your very soul, don’t compromise this for any relationsh­ip or marriage. Your man should respect your life values and not expect you to throw them away because of him. You don’t have to stop being who you are or stop believing in your values because of a man.

If you are used to living your life in a certain way, your partner shouldn’t demand you give up your lifestyle just so you can be with him. Compromisi­ng the way you live your life for a man will make you miserable. There’s no use wasting your time with him if your life vision doesn’t align. Stop listening to people who love to suffer.

You don’t need a man who makes you go against your life’s principles. Don’t compromise your principles for any man. Don’t put up with anything unless you are genuinely okay with it.

Ladies, don’t give up your financial security for a man. Any man that wants to financiall­y cripple you is an enemy of progress. Open your eyes on time. And if he doesn’t want you to be financiall­y empowered, claiming that you won’t be a submissive wife if you have money, he’s an enemy of progress. Any man who doesn’t want his woman to make money is a potential abuser.

You don’t have to compromise your body and womb by committing series of abortions for that man you are dating. He refuses to use condoms during sex, yet whenever you end up pregnant, he tells you to commit an abortion without blinking. Use your brain, he doesn’t love you.

As a woman, having communicat­ion compatibil­ity is very important in your relationsh­ip. You don’t have to be putting up with a man who doesn’t communicat­e with you and one you don’t know what he’s thinking and feeling.

Men should learn to make relationsh­ip compromise­s too. They are not immune to working to make their relationsh­ips work. It is not the duty of women alone to make compromise­s for their relationsh­ips. It takes two to make a relationsh­ip work.

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