7 Key Pieces Of Relationship Advice For Men About Pleasing A Woman

Men and women are at an emotional stalemate that not even the best relationship advice for men can fix it.. We can't help but feel something’s lacking in our romantic relationships. Even though there isn't something glaringly wrong with our current relationship, it still doesn't feel quite right.

The majority of men aren’t able to be present with their women fully, and the majority of women aren't capable of fully opening up to their men.

The truth is, women aren’t opening up because men aren’t giving them what they need. Because of this, women feel disappointed and resentful; they are suffering. When women suffer, and they feel like they aren’t being seen, they close off to their men; it's a natural reaction.

Although this problem occurs at some point in most relationships, it's still very toxic.

We all want to feel loved and appreciated, and even though these seem like simple wants, they're often difficult to find in a relationship and a partner. This is why women doubt their relationships; they crave a sense of affirmation that they haven't been getting from their partner.

Men, do you feel like your woman isn't satisfied in your relationship? Do you think she might be having doubts about your love? Truthfully, she might be. But this doesn't mean your relationship has reached a dead end.

Fortunately, there are several easy ways you can solve this emotional doubt. You can learn the right tools to be able to more fully present with your woman. This way, you can give your partner what she needs, allowing her to feel seen so that she will open up again.

There are seven basic aspects of a relationship that every woman needs in order to feel happy and satisfied. The men who learn from these needs, and take action, will have the most success in their relationships.

All you have to do is take the time to read through this relationship advice for men. Let it all sink in. Understanding what you can do to help your partner be fully open with you will not only improve your relationship, but it will improve your entire life. Here are the seven things that all women want in a relationship:

1. To feel safe

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There is a war being waged on women’s self-esteem, sexuality, and safety from a very young age. Because of the barrage of dis-empowering messages being sent to women regarding their sexuality, women need to have a safe space where they feel that they can trust their partners.

She wants to trust your strength. She wants to feel like you can handle whatever she shows you. She wants to feel like you will not judge her if she asks for something risqué. She wants to know you won’t collapse in defeat if she tells you to do it “This way” instead.

By creating a safe space for your woman to open up to you emotionally and sexually, you will be giving her a very powerful gift- you allow her to grow within your relationship and undo old emotional damage.

2. To feel seen

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Women want to feel seen. She wants to feel you hearing her, and being aware of her emotional state. She doesn’t necessarily want you to be affected by her emotional state, but she does want you to be witness to it.

If she is sitting across the room from you and you aren’t picking up on the fact that she is suffering emotionally and on the verge of tears, she will begin to trust you less. She will think, “If he can’t see that I am hurting now, how long will it take him to figure it out? Will I be suffering for days or weeks before he is aware of it or cares enough to help me through this? I guess I have to rely on myself for my own emotional support.”

Life can seem extremely lonely, even within a relationship. You have to constantly show your partner that at least one person will be witness to her and her journey through life. (Hint: that person is you.)

3. To feel loved

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When women feel loved, they relax and open to us. The arguments dissipate, the sex is abundant, and their nurturing feminine energy flows throughout our lives. Not feeling loved is the subtext of every argument that you and your partner have.

If she is unhappy that you are going out with your friends, or she’s upset about her day at work, or she is only responding to you with brief snippets of sentences, then the cause is most likely her not feeling loved enough.

Learn to see through her words, actions, and moods and see what the real root of it is.

4. To be allowed to be nurturing

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Just as masculine energy has the need to protect, feminine energy has the desire to nurture. Women want to see the cracks in our armor. They want to see that we trust them enough to open up to them. They want to be able to help us through our sadness.

An integrated, evolved man who has a balanced masculine energy as well as his own sliver of feminine would welcome his woman’s nurturing.

If you are a guy reading this, have you ever held open a door for a woman because it’s the polite thing to do (but more just because she’s a person and it wasn’t even a gender-based act) and she chews your ear off for it? “Oh what? I can’t open the door for myself because I’m a woman?! You sexist pig!”

That is an example of a wounded, unbalanced woman who doesn’t want to accept help from a masculine source. This is exactly how it feels to your partner when you push her away when you feel the most vulnerable. “I don’t need to lay my head down on your chest and tell you about my feelings because I don’t have any!”

That is a lie. It’s a lie that serves your purpose of not letting your partner in. This lack of vulnerability and authenticity is what is making you and your partner suffer. So let her in. She wants to love you.

5. To feel sexually desired

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What’s a major difference between your relationship to your partner and your relationship to everyone else in your life? You have sex with your partner.

Women need to feel sexually desired. They want to make sure that you see and appreciate them as a feminine, sexual being. Praise her body. Feel her and grab her appreciatively. Remind her that you see her as a sexual being and you will both benefit.

6. To feel appreciated

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The feminine in all people responds primarily to praise and appreciation. Remind your partner that you love her. Tell her that you appreciate what she brings to your life. Show her how much she means to you.

The fastest way to run your relationship into the ground is by ignoring your partner and taking her for granted. Appreciation is the opposite of those things. Appreciation is the embodying this mindset: “I am aware of what you bring to my life, and I want you to be sure that I am aware of it as well.” So tell her what you appreciate, and tell her often.

7. To feel like she can count on you

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Life gets pretty messy sometimes. When life’s unavoidable difficulties arise, do you fall apart under pressure or are you able to bend and not break?

Women want to know that we can handle ourselves when life happens. They want to know that we won’t run and hide when they get a bit ‘too emotional’ for our liking. They want to know that they can count on us.

When you tell your partner you’ll do something, and then you don’t do it, it hurts her. She loses a piece of trust in you that has to be earned back. Even seemingly small things break that trust like you saying that you will wash the dishes shortly after dinner, but washing them the next morning instead.

When enough small transgressions like this are sprinkled throughout your relationship, she will distrust you. Do what you say you will do, be who you say you are, and be consistent in your actions.

What do women need in a relationship? Women want partners that care. Women don’t want perfect partners; they want men who are striving to be their best selves. She doesn’t necessarily want someone who has every step of his life pre-planned, but she wants someone with drive and with goals.

She doesn’t necessarily want someone who cries every day, but she does want someone who has the courage to cry in front of her when he needs to. She doesn’t necessarily want someone who stays in therapy for his entire life, but she does want someone who has the courage to face his own emotional demons.

So put in the work. End the stalemate. Decide that you want to be in the kind of relationship that most people don’t have and you want to put in the effort necessary to become that kind of man.

The women of the world are waiting for us. And they want us to step up just as badly as we want them to open up.

Sex and relationship coach Jordan Gray helps people remove their emotional blocks and maintain thriving intimate relationships. You can see more of his writing at JordanGrayConsulting.com

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