Aretha Franklin got it right when she sang “All I’m asking is for a little respect”. All women want to feel appreciated and respected by their partner. They then in turn, want to respect their partners.
When a woman loses respect for her partner, that person becomes less attractive to them. If that trend continues, she’ll eventually fall out of love with them and want to find someone new. They will look for someone who is confident, independant, and strong, but always kind to everyone they meet. If any of those are lacking, the relationship will suffer.
Five Reasons Women Lose Respect for their Partner
1. Overly protective
Of course, all women want to feel safe in their relationship and like their partner has their back. When they become overly protective, however, it quickly becomes stifling. It can make a woman feel like her partner doesn’t trust her or that they feel she can’t take care of herself. It also shows insecurity – something that no strong woman finds attractive. This over protection quickly becomes degrading, embarrassing, and exhausting.
2. Being Bossy Only to Her
Women spent years being told that their opinions and thoughts didn’t matter, and that they had to be silent, supportive partners. They have fought for their right to speak up, to have leadership positions, and to demand respect from those around them. This independence was earned through generations of women’s hard work, so when a woman’s partner is bossy to her but submissive around their friends or family, it is extremely off-putting. It shows that her partner doesn’t see her as an equal, and therefore doesn’t truly respect her. Strong women know to walk away from a situation in which they are not valued, and they will quickly walk away from this one.
3. Always Playing the Victim
Showing vulnerability and being able to talk about their feelings is an admirable quality that women look for in a partner. What no woman has time for, however, is a partner who is always whining. A strong woman wants to hear her partner’s problems and help them find solutions. If their partner is only interested in complaining and never wants to take action or advice, it comes across as weak and pathetic. Women are not there to be their partner’s emotional dumping ground. She may also begin to feel like her problems don’t matter, or that she can’t open up to her partner about them because they will just turn it around and make it about them. That lack of support will cause a loss of attraction and the woman will leave to find a stronger, more emotionally mature partner.
4. Lack of Ambition
Ambition is one of the most attractive qualities in a romantic partner. Someone who has goals and dreams and works hard to achieve them. Someone who doesn’t let failures or setbacks get them down, but instead takes them in stride and uses them to fuel future successes. A woman will quickly lose respect for a partner who doesn’t know what they want out of life and doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to figure it out. She needs a partner, not a project.
5. Being Taken For Granted
Everyone wants to feel appreciated by their partner. Women work hard to balance their lives while also being there to support and make the life of their partner better. The minute that she feels she is putting in more effort than the other person, she will feel devalued and unwanted. When a woman feels like her partner is no longer seeing her for who she is and what she does each day, she will leave in search of someone who understands her worth.
In any relationship, as long as a woman feels valued, respected, and heard, she will remain loving and loyal to her partner. Take her for granted and she will take her love elsewhere. Maintain her respect, and she will always be there for you.