On social media, I read a lot of relationship rants. It keeps me focused on how different many of us are vs each other.
Many, M, who depend on social partners ( platonic, commercial, and/or intimate ), are disappointed by partners, P, who did not provide security where M expected, but P did not promise, it. Likewise for P, the most troublesome gnats are such M.
It is a serious branding, dealmaking, and operational concern. One which I feel warrants serious, and continuous concern, given how many Ms are out there on the market. Every time I forget to pay attention to this, I run into regretful complications.
I'm notoriously lazy about emotional labour. And it is incredibly cute to read about emotional intelligence complaints in relationship content. Probably, the intelligent-lazy quadrant of General Kurt's model is most relevant here.
