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What Gay Men Should Expect in a Relationship
Some gay men put up with a lot in their relationships. Their long-term partners will aggressively flirt with other men in front of them, go home with a guy from the bar without any forewarning, nap with ex-lovers without gaining consent from their current companion, or brag to their current boyfriends about the quality of their sex with strangers. Ouch.
Here&#;s what I spot most concerning. Some gay men don&#;t feel they own a right to be upset about these behaviors. They&#;ll ask me why they feel so jealous and how can I assist them let leave of their envy. They think that the gay collective believes in sexual freedom and it isn&#;t cool or manly to protest to their partner&#;s sexual behavior.
In other words, they sense shame for experiencing hurt by the actions of their long-term partners.
Heterosexual couples get plenty of social support for treating their partners with respect when it comes to sex. Outrage is the typical social response when friends are told about poor relationship habit among straight people. When gay men tell
AsI think back on the past 24 years of providing couples counseling for gay male relationships, I sometimes get asked what the differences are that I see (in general) in gay male relationships that are (again, in general), different from linear relationships.
I offer these thoughts to both unattached and coupled gay men, based on my perspective of what I’ve seen through the years. My experiences and observations as a gay men’s specialist psychotherapist might differ from other gay men, and even other gay male therapists, and we always have to be mindful of not indulging in unfair assumptions, stereotypes, or even prejudices. But since making a relationship perform (which I define, in part, as the relationship’s level of satisfaction for each partner and in its overall longevity and subjective “quality” for each partner) is at least in part based on a skills-building process, skills that I believe are required for a lgbtq+ male relationship to both endure (quantity) and thrive (quality). These are the issues that come up repeatedly in couples counseling sessions:
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Relationship Tips for Gay Men
In , I attempted my first 5-day backpacking trip. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first mountaineer to summit Mt. Everest without supplemental oxygen, once said, “It is not the mountains we conquer but ourselves.” I think of feeling something very similar after my much less significant achievement. I learned that climbing a mountain was much more than a physical feat. The real challenge was cultivating a positive mindset and facing the mental disagree. I felt as if I was conquering myself with every step forward. I knew that if I allowed the self-doubt and inner critic to take over, the next step might head me down the mountain instead of up it. The reward of such serve was the camaraderie with my fellow trekkers and the knowledge that challenging tasks are possible with perseverance.
Reflecting on this exposure reminds me of what it’s like to tackle the adventure of digital dating. The prospect of nurturing a romantic relationship can seem quite daunting, but the reward of perseverance and hard work is
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Male relationships can run into challenges from the start, because two men coexisting as men don’t have a lot of historical role models. Working out how to be together isn’t intuitive. Some men have internalized homophobic images of masculinity, and own had to be hyper-masculine in order to get by. Others aren’t comfortable with any expressions of perceived femininity in themselves…or in their partners, because of how they see these traits reflecting back on them.
If you’re like most gay men, you probably grew up feeling somehow “different.” Because you grew up feeling disenfranchised and/or flawed, you may have completely disowned the masculine energy inside yourself, and encountering it in a partner can be disconcerting.
A lack of role models
Most gay couples aren’t exactly surrounded by kind community resources. The communities in which you live and serve may not know the nuances of gay couples’ lives. It’s also probable that you’ve been careful in terms of the breadth and depth of the information you’ve shared with y