The 5 Types of Men in a Relationship
Which one are you…?
If I were to ask you, “Hey man, how are you showing up in your intimate relationship?”
Would you know how to answer? And would your partner agree with how you see yourself?
Many of my closest, most articulate and self-aware male friends fumble around with this question. As did I, until I started to see clear patterns (which this article aspires to highlight).
Knowing ourselves — who we are and how we show up in our most intimate spaces — is a most vital question to answer. Sure, relationships are a two way street and a co-creation. Even so, when we find the most awesome partner, we have the power to either passively sabotage or actively take lead to help create the most passionate, intimate and satisfying bond.
Blind spots abound! Intimate relationships can be all encompassing. When things are going well, we enjoy the euphoria and simply hope it lasts. When things are devolving, we wonder what happened, narrowing our focus on the negative: how bad we feel, what we’re missing and who’s to blame. Because of the close proximity and the constant immersion, it’s very hard to see clearly what is really going on.
Understanding this bias, a few years ago, when the negativity reached it’s crazy zenith in my own marriage, I started…
