Amazing. We put way too much pressure on romantic relationships. We live as if they are the only/main ones. And as though our happiness is dependant upon that one person. What about dating ourselves? Something i did last last year. I had no idea until I did how much fun I was to be around. I never saw what my friends did in me until that point. It was the best dating experience of my life!
Oct 30, 2023·edited Oct 30, 2023Liked by Jessica Rose Williams
I had once written a blog about this then I somehow lost it before I got chance to share it🙃 this was ages ago so I’ll need to rewrite it now (I’ll maybe do that on the train home from london today). I learnt so much about myself! I tried new things! I realised how lovable I was! I’ve always had loads of friends (been easy to me) but never connected with a reason for this being I am so likeable or that I am So much fun to be around, I have great energy AND the biggest lesson - that even when I didn’t have great energy, even when I am ill, even when I am not my happiest I am still lovable too! It was a real journey for sure. I’ll get writing about it on the way home because there’s so much to share x
Oct 30, 2023·edited Oct 30, 2023Liked by Jessica Rose Williams
🥰😅😂 I have a book coming that will cover the work I did to get to the relationship I am in now but will be on the relationship a lot I imagine. It’s a few years away to come to fruition as I’m writing other books right now (memoir, poetry, journal). I was recently interviewed on a podcast about my 2.5 year sex ban if you’d like me to to share that with you? It’s not your average dating chat though, probably about as opposite as you can get (there’s a lot of woo in there and generally the opposite of what we’ve been told/do)🔮
I talk to my male best friend of over a decade more honestly than I do my actual boyfriend. My best friend knows things about me that my boyfriend doesn't. I think regardless of gender, there's just less pressure on friendships than intimate relationships. I am also getting to a stage where I value friendship over sex. I'd rather have a fantastic friendship based on trust and respect than just physical expectations.
Plus also what do you mean you value friendships over any romantic relationship you will ever have😰, does it mean you'll always be there for your friends and not your husband?!!!!
Loads to share … having a married man as a trusted friend … cultivated over Facebook and WhatsApp .. bonus in my 35 years of married life.
Oh I LOVE this ❤️❤️❤️
Amazing. We put way too much pressure on romantic relationships. We live as if they are the only/main ones. And as though our happiness is dependant upon that one person. What about dating ourselves? Something i did last last year. I had no idea until I did how much fun I was to be around. I never saw what my friends did in me until that point. It was the best dating experience of my life!
Wayyyyyyyy too much pressure! I want to know more about what is was like dating yourself...like what did you notice / learn???
I had once written a blog about this then I somehow lost it before I got chance to share it🙃 this was ages ago so I’ll need to rewrite it now (I’ll maybe do that on the train home from london today). I learnt so much about myself! I tried new things! I realised how lovable I was! I’ve always had loads of friends (been easy to me) but never connected with a reason for this being I am so likeable or that I am So much fun to be around, I have great energy AND the biggest lesson - that even when I didn’t have great energy, even when I am ill, even when I am not my happiest I am still lovable too! It was a real journey for sure. I’ll get writing about it on the way home because there’s so much to share x
I mean..I think we need the book! Or the Netflix series...but I’ll take a blog post for now ❤️❤️
🥰😅😂 I have a book coming that will cover the work I did to get to the relationship I am in now but will be on the relationship a lot I imagine. It’s a few years away to come to fruition as I’m writing other books right now (memoir, poetry, journal). I was recently interviewed on a podcast about my 2.5 year sex ban if you’d like me to to share that with you? It’s not your average dating chat though, probably about as opposite as you can get (there’s a lot of woo in there and generally the opposite of what we’ve been told/do)🔮
Send send!!!! Share so we can all listen s’il vous plaît 🙏🏼
Let me know what you think! And thank you☺️
https://www.mumsdays.com/podcasts/happily-ever-after-with-hannah-harvey/episodes/2148083203
I talk to my male best friend of over a decade more honestly than I do my actual boyfriend. My best friend knows things about me that my boyfriend doesn't. I think regardless of gender, there's just less pressure on friendships than intimate relationships. I am also getting to a stage where I value friendship over sex. I'd rather have a fantastic friendship based on trust and respect than just physical expectations.
thank you so much for sharing this! You're so right about the pressure thing, I can really relate
Or just in time... xx
I just can't be friends with a woman
I'd have to include sex
Plus also what do you mean you value friendships over any romantic relationship you will ever have😰, does it mean you'll always be there for your friends and not your husband?!!!!
I think that's sad