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69 replies

PositiveIntelligence · 07/02/2023 14:49

Ladies

Some of your posts break my heart.

Not because guys are letting you down but because you are letting yourselves down.

Are we that desperate that we text and text and cry and text?

We ask, we beg, we over analyse, we make excuses, we overlook bad treatment...

We hold on, grasp, cling and find toxic reasons for not letting go...

We hope things will change, we change in hopes he will come back, give us more...chasing an imaginary relationship.

Or we rage in anger because he didn’t call.

Please sisters, I have been there, I speak from the inside, let us have some self respect. Some self love, some self appreciation. Some confidence.

He is just a human. He is flawed.
He isn’t going to save you.
He isn’t going to change your life.
He isn't going to change for you.
And if you need him to change, he is not the one for you anyway.

What is yours can't be taken away from you.

If he wants to stay, he will.
If he wants to go, open the door.

If it’s not easy, thank you, NEXT!

You deserve more and you can give yourself more when you stop wanting to give to him who doesn't want and doesn't deserve from you anyway.

OP posts:
TicketBoo23 · 07/02/2023 16:46

Well quite a few cages have been rattled here by a simple conversation starter.

Was it a conversation starter.

It seemed more like a lecture.

NotAnotherTaco · 07/02/2023 16:48

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 07/02/2023 15:48

You're never going to get all that on a fridge magnet.

Best response yet to the most patronising, schmaltzy hallmark post I've ever seen!

NotAnotherTaco · 07/02/2023 16:49

TicketBoo23 · 07/02/2023 16:46

Well quite a few cages have been rattled here by a simple conversation starter.

Was it a conversation starter.

It seemed more like a lecture.

Yes, def a lecture

Stillcountingbeans · 07/02/2023 16:52

I was like the OP describes when I was single (long ago now, touch wood).

Partly because of how girls are socialised, with Barbies in wedding dresses etc. There is a romantic idealisation of 'being in love' and having a happy-ever-after marriage.

Mostly because the biological clock is going tick-tick-tick, and the urge to procreate is very hard to ignore. Again, women are socialised to expect to have a baby, and the socialisation is reinforced by hormones.

tobee · 07/02/2023 16:53

"and why are you taking it personal?
patronised to whom? not you for sure so why participate?"

Taking it personally
Patronised by

frequenttraveller1 · 07/02/2023 16:54

@PositiveIntelligence I get what you're saying. I'm going through it at the moment.

Alaldlccmemsjzja · 07/02/2023 16:54

thanks hun!!! xxx

Isheabastard · 07/02/2023 16:56

Thank you OP. I don’t need this advice now as I’m old and past all this, but I did need this when I was younger.

Im sure there are others who need reminding that their worth does not hinge on a mediocre man.

Thank you for trying.

PollyAmour · 07/02/2023 17:25

This post comes from a good place, it just reads a tiny bit patronising. Especially when the OP herself says she is twice divorced.

But no woman should ever measure their self-worth against the man in their life.

dickiedavisthunderthighs · 07/02/2023 17:36

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 07/02/2023 15:48

You're never going to get all that on a fridge magnet.

POTD

Thisisworsethananticpated · 07/02/2023 17:36

Funnily enough I’ve ended something recently and your post resonated a bit with me

I’ve been watching self help videos and books as it hit me that I’ve been taking some shit since dating again
or rather I haven’t asserted boundaries as well as I should have

I’ve decided I’m staying single for the foreseeable !!
I kind of don’t trust myself

SoupDragon · 07/02/2023 17:40

Are you linked to the "Mental Fitness" company that shares your name?

Newtonsnipple · 07/02/2023 17:43

I'm smelling some small dick energy...

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 07/02/2023 17:57

Newtonsnipple · 07/02/2023 17:43

I'm smelling some small dick energy...

I'm smelling coaching opportunities....

pinkfondu · 07/02/2023 17:59

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 07/02/2023 15:48

You're never going to get all that on a fridge magnet.

ArchersGrin

pinkfondu · 07/02/2023 18:00

Newtonsnipple · 07/02/2023 17:43

I'm smelling some small dick energy...

Grin
Knoblauch · 07/02/2023 18:27

Please sisters 🙌🏻

chatcbt · 07/02/2023 18:31

You do you babes.

Don’t give up the day job though.

chatcbt · 07/02/2023 18:34

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 07/02/2023 15:48

You're never going to get all that on a fridge magnet.

😂😂

impressivelycunty · 07/02/2023 18:37

"guess this is the wrong platform"

Ya think? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 07/02/2023 18:40

chatcbt · 07/02/2023 18:31

You do you babes.

Don’t give up the day job though.

Suspect this might be the day job.

Worriere · 07/02/2023 18:55

Waiting for you to post a link to your life coaching insta.

Flymetothetoon · 07/02/2023 19:04

Newtonsnipple · 07/02/2023 17:43

I'm smelling some small dick energy...

I'm smelling quite a few smelly socks 🧦

PositiveIntelligence · 07/02/2023 19:10

tobee · 07/02/2023 16:53

"and why are you taking it personal?
patronised to whom? not you for sure so why participate?"

Taking it personally
Patronised by

thank you, I’m not a native speaker, it shouldn’t be an excuse though

OP posts:
IsThePopeCatholic · 07/02/2023 19:12

Op, are you American?