Why romantic love can’t be trusted when choosing a partner - by Perry Mardon
There is a warmhearted theory based on the idea of romantic love that we should trust our romantic feelings when choosing a life partner.
That romantic idealists believe the feelings of falling in love are an indicator that the person we are falling in love with is good for us.
Sadly, there is something more insidious going on in the attraction mechanism - and once the euphoric honeymoon period is over - pretty much everyone finds out the truth.
Romantic feelings often set us up with the worst kind of partner - the kind of person who just can't give us what we really want!
furthermore, the older we get, and the more partners we have had, we might start realising another relationship truth.
Romantic feelings often set us up to keep attracting partners that keep failing us in similar ways ...Yes there is a pattern playing out.
Romantic idealists often become hardened cynics who reject the possibility of love!
At this stage or realisation people often become cynics of love...and start to reject the 'other'. They start saying ridiculous one sided statements that look like this...
All men are unfaithful / misogynists / violent / bastards / selfish / can't be trusted etc .......(as though all men are one way)
All women are unfaithful / uncaring / bitches / selfish / can't be trusted etc .......(as though all women are one way)
There are NO decent partners out there.
As people reject the pain caused by the WRONG choices of their romantic feelings - they lose faith in the possibility of love itself. This in itself can do a lot of damage to one’s psyche as it sets up a rejecting of the thing we want most - to be free to love and be loved by a significant other.
Once the romantic idealist has their heart broken too many times as a result of trusting romantic feelings they become the hardened bitter cynic who rejects love!
It's not their fault though! It ends up a big human mess - hurt feelings, disillusionment - but no wonder! No one is taught anything about love - or falling in love - and more specifically no one is taught the truth about our attraction mechanisms (why we are attracted to certain people and not others).
Understand your attraction mechanisms.
Did you get a class growing up called "How to understand your attraction mechanisms" OR "What personality styles are you compatible with - and what styles will drive you nuts".
No you didn't - and that is a shame - as these classes, if they existed for school kids, would;
Decrease the number of unhappy relationships / families
Increase the joy, love, fun and connection in all relationships - not just the primary ones.
Massively increase the ability to attract a partner who is truly good for you!
The world needs proper relationship education!
There is no need to harden up and reject love - we just need a better understanding of OUR OWN attraction mechanisms (among other things), so we can learn to work with them for our own good! And we must learn to mistrust romantic feelings (that doesn't mean we can't enjoy them)!
As a people reader I am in the unique position to see a person’s attraction mechanism...and after working with thousands of people I can tell you these truths.
We are attracted to people that will provide a familiar experience (even if the familiar experience is traumatising or deeply uncomfortable).
We are attracted to people that reflect unresolved aspects of our own consciousness.
Regardless of which of the 2 points are pulling the attraction mechanism (and often they intertwine) the basic experience is to attract people that can provide experiences similar to the LOVE TEMPLATE of our childhood.
Our attraction and repulsion mechanisms are often set up in our childhood - driving tricky compulsions that often attract us to people that are bad for us - or stopping us from being attracted to partners that would be good / right for us.
Maybe you grew up with a parent who could not display warmth, or was overly angry, or was so poor all the time that they were in deep survival mode,. Maybe your parents were overbearing helicopter parents, who constantly built you up, or maybe your parents criticised you for not being perfect at things etc - all these things impact your LOVE Template and will play out in your adult life via the attraction / repulsion mechanism!
If you deeply desire a connected, intimate and fun relationship - the best place to start, regardless of whether you are in a relationship, or looking for a partner, is to slowly and methodically unpack the behavioural patterns of your psyche so you can CLEARLY see and understand your attraction and repulsion mechanisms.
This requires a careful threading through the compulsions, tricks, and quirks of the psyche.
This is a process of making what was once unconscious - conscious!
In my experience this is a deeply insightful, profound experience that provides incredible rewards. Once you are conscious of these attraction and repulsion mechanisms you can now use 'Pattern Interrupt' and not buy the TRUTH of your feelings.
Like my client, who learned to not go out with men she was sexually attracted to (she was sexually attracted to men that would end up betraying her - which of course mirrored her childhood experience) and to go out with men she was NOT sexually attracted to (she is now happily married).
Without taking the time to become conscious - you will keep experiencing Relationships based on past experiences projected into present time!
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