Different strokes for different folks. Most of us females are the wishful type who long for companions who will be not just our partners in love-making but also best friends and soul mates. But sometimes we realise that some (not all) males are not cut from that mould and that...
...females may make better besties, child care partners and soul mates for some (not all) of us, while a male may be reserved for the rush of chemistry that we need as often as we need it. And if he isn't particularly good at giving us the spice we need, we have a right to get...
...someone who has what it takes. Perhaps some of us who crave the unrealistic feminine vision of 'the perfect man, husband and father' might be carrying unmet childhood emotional needs and dumping it on the men we meet, and the solution may be to first learn to give it to...
...ourselves independent of males. When some of us can meet our emotional and soul needs within the universe of self (spirituality) and sisterhood, our relationships with men might take on a very different, more liberating, more biologically sensible & more satisfying dimension.

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