2330: 5 Reasons Men Break Up With Women They Love by Eddie Corbano of Loves A Game on Dating Advice

[00:00:00] This is Optimal Relationships Daily, 5 Reasons Men Break Up With Women They Love by Eddie Corbano of LovesAGame.com

[00:00:10] Hello everybody, welcome to another week of Relationship Optimizing. I am your host Greg Audino.

[00:00:16] Today I will be narrating a post from Eddie Corbano that touches on the rationale behind men's breakups with women.

[00:00:24] So, with that, let's hear what Eddie has to say and start optimizing your life.

[00:00:35] 5 Reasons Men Break Up With Women They Love by Eddie Corbano of LovesAGame.com

[00:00:43] Recently I was going through the news letter archive of my friend Christian Carter, who as you know is one of the leading experts in dating advice for women.

[00:00:51] There was one particular issue in which the title literally jumped out at me. It's called 5 Reasons Men Leave Women They Love, a pretty bold announcement for an article.

[00:01:03] As contradictory as this statement may seem, I know from personal experience that things like this do tend to happen.

[00:01:10] I once left a woman I loved. Why did I do it you ask? I'll tell you in a minute.

[00:01:15] Let's first go through Christian's 5 Reasons Why Men Leave Women They Actually Love.

[00:01:21] But before I do this, let me make something clear beforehand.

[00:01:25] The reasons that will be stated in the following are not putting the women at fault for the men leaving.

[00:01:31] It's almost never one person alone who's at fault. There are exceptions.

[00:01:35] As I've said many times over, a breakup is nobody's fault. It's just an occurrence of incompatibility.

[00:01:41] Please keep that in mind while you continue to listen.

[00:01:44] Reason number one, the pleasure principle. Christian is referring to the old principle that we all seek pleasure and avoid pain.

[00:01:52] This is a basic human driving force behind everything we do. He states that men tend to walk away if there is too much pain in the relationship.

[00:02:01] In forms of arguing and freaking out about things she doesn't like about him.

[00:02:05] This has a huge impact on the decision whether he is willing to put more energy into the preservation of the relationship or whether he moves on.

[00:02:13] Why take on this is that it's not necessarily an exclusive reason for men to break up.

[00:02:18] Nobody likes to be in a relationship where there's no healthy communication about problems and frictions.

[00:02:24] It doesn't mean that you have to slug down everything you don't like about him or her.

[00:02:28] It just means you have to develop the skill of communication in a healthy and productive way.

[00:02:34] Reason number two, emotional experience in the future.

[00:02:38] Christian claims that a man draws conclusions from how a woman acts on the little things to what she would do when this really hits the fan.

[00:02:46] Quote, if a woman is consistently negative and emotional and can't get herself together even when a man tries to explain things and comfort her,

[00:02:55] then a man isn't going to think that things could be any better for them in the future.

[00:02:59] And quote, this is a tough one and sounds even a little sexist.

[00:03:03] When I read this reason, everything in me screamed, no, this isn't true.

[00:03:09] But on second thought, aren't we all doing this?

[00:03:12] Aren't we especially in the beginning of a relationship constantly testing and predicting whether he or she is future proof?

[00:03:20] And would we split up if we came to the conclusion that he or she is not?

[00:03:24] I leave that question in the room, you'll soon know why.

[00:03:28] Reason number three, lost feelings of attraction.

[00:03:32] Okay, this is a big one and a stereotype as well.

[00:03:36] Do men leave women who they no longer find attractive even if they love them?

[00:03:41] Before I tell you a Christian thinks, let me tell you what my opinion on this one is.

[00:03:46] I'm going to phrase this blatantly.

[00:03:48] I think that only bad men material leave a woman whom he is no longer attracted to.

[00:03:53] Given the relationship is promising and there are feelings involved, I eat it's not just a physical thing by mutual consent.

[00:04:00] Good men will work out their own issues.

[00:04:03] Yes, losing attraction to his wife's slash girlfriend might be the man's own fault.

[00:04:08] They will take all measures necessary to rekindle that spark of attraction.

[00:04:12] But Christian rightly isn't exclusively talking about dual attraction.

[00:04:17] He also says that, quote, when a man doesn't feel that deep level of connection with a woman,

[00:04:23] at least every so often to remind him of why he's with her, then he'll forget why.

[00:04:27] And the relationship will become just a whole bunch of work to him.

[00:04:32] End quote.

[00:04:33] I think that this is a very solid point.

[00:04:35] The feeling of connection with your partner is of utmost importance, and if you lose it, then you're in trouble.

[00:04:41] Christian continues by claiming that the main mistake women make in this situation is to try to reestablish connection by fixing things

[00:04:48] by talking about it or working on the relationship.

[00:04:52] A man wants to do things together to know his relationship is working.

[00:04:56] Not talk.

[00:04:58] I couldn't agree more on this.

[00:05:00] This is one of the main differences between men and women when they try to fix a relationship.

[00:05:05] My tip for you is to set memory beacons for your relationship by experiencing together.

[00:05:11] By experiences, I mean things you do together, challenges you master together,

[00:05:16] enjoyments you live through together, all the things that really connect you.

[00:05:21] Reason number four, the neediness of codependence.

[00:05:24] This is of course a classic which is applicable equally to women and men.

[00:05:30] In fact, this has a far more devastating effect to the relationship when men are behaving this way.

[00:05:36] If this relationship is everything to you, your life's purpose, and you have nothing else going on in your life.

[00:05:42] You are neglecting friends, your work, your hobbies, all the things that define who you are, then you will appear as needy or codependent.

[00:05:51] And neediness in a relationship is one of the biggest turnoffs ever to men and women.

[00:05:57] After your breakup, were you wondering where all your friends went that you used to have plenty of contact with?

[00:06:03] Are you wondering why all the things that used to give you pleasure don't anymore?

[00:06:07] Are you wondering who you became?

[00:06:10] The reason for all of these questions is that you lost yourself during the relationship.

[00:06:15] Quote, often times a man will leave a woman because he sees that she depends too much on him and has lost her own sources of happiness.

[00:06:23] And Quote,

[00:06:25] Reason number five, she's trying to fix me.

[00:06:28] I have to admit that this one got me thinking.

[00:06:31] Christian writes that despite the common misconception that people can't really change, men can change for a woman,

[00:06:38] but they have to do it out of self-interest.

[00:06:40] A man needs his own reasons to change.

[00:06:42] Quote, it never works or lasts if a man simply tries to change for a woman, or for the sake of the relationship.

[00:06:51] And Quote.

[00:06:52] So according to Christian, a woman can take advantage of that fact by understanding his personal reasons for doing the work for a better relationship.

[00:07:01] What most women are doing wrong is that they're trying to make the man understand how it affects her, not him.

[00:07:08] Quote, people are motivated by the things they want and not what others feel and want.

[00:07:15] And Quote.

[00:07:16] Christian suggests that you work with your man instead of against him.

[00:07:20] He concludes by writing that one of the most important things is creating that emotional experience with the man.

[00:07:27] Because if a man is deeply committed to you and their relationship,

[00:07:30] every issue you might have are just bumps on the road. They cannot hurt you.

[00:07:34] But if there is no commitment from his side, then every little problem is going to leave him irritated, frustrated, and have him wanting to blame you and withdraw.

[00:07:45] My personal experience.

[00:07:47] I told you at the beginning of this article that I want to broke up with a woman I loved and said that I'd tell you my personal reasons for it.

[00:07:54] The reason I broke up with her and it was one of the hardest things I had to do despite my own breakup was because I saw absolutely no future for a life together.

[00:08:03] And I so dearly wanted a future. We were absolutely incomparable in so many ways, but so compatible in other small ways.

[00:08:13] Unfortunately, those incompatibilities were the ones that mattered.

[00:08:17] So Christian's reason number two was definitely the reason I broke up with a woman whom I was deeply emotionally involved with.

[00:08:24] From my experience and knowledge I had until that moment, I just could not see a happy and fulfilled relationship in the future.

[00:08:31] Ultimately, I'm happy that I did it because that made the way to meeting my wife who I am still married to up until today.

[00:08:42] You just listened to the post titled Five Reasons Men Break Up with Women They Love by Eddie Corbano of LovesAGame.com

[00:08:51] And a wonderful piece by both Eddie and Christian credit where credit is due. A lot of really nuanced points here everyone.

[00:08:59] It seems to me, however, that they all boil down to paying respect to one's individuality. Of course this article was more geared towards men and how men think, but the same goes for women as well.

[00:09:12] In order for relationships to be as successful as possible even beyond relationships in which there's just generally a lot of compatibility, each person's own needs have to be looked after intended to.

[00:09:24] Whether it's what we want for the future, our desires to change for ourselves or having our own lives aside from our romances, these things all need to be in place to thrive in relationships.

[00:09:36] So I hope you can take that with you today and if you can't at the very least remember that the old adage, it's not you which me is a trueer than you might think.

[00:09:46] And I will leave it at that. Thank you so much for being here everyone. I will see you tomorrow where your optimal life awaits.