Romancipation

True Love: Organic or Strategic?


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S1 Episode 7: True Love: Organic or Strategic?

Episode Summary

Is true love real?  Does it just happen, or can you make it happen?  A Romancipated person takes control of their love life and goes for what they desire. They don’t wait around for prince or princess charming to show up at their door.

If you want a relationship that matches your wants and needs, be strategic.  Figure out what is important to you and look for those traits in a partner. Just make sure what you think you want is what you actually need.  Stay open-minded and flexible when developing and applying a strategy.  You don’t want to fall into the trap of being too hyper focused on one or two qualities and ignore the whole individual.

If you are thoughtful, you can end up with a partner that satisfies most of what you are looking for in a romantic relationship.  When people have their wants and needs met, love can naturally develop and grow.

At the end of each episode, Marlee and Lis vent about commonly experienced issues in romantic relationships. In this episode, the ladies discuss when friends change their personality to fit a new partner.

Show Notes

Is your approach to true love organic or strategic? Organic love is the type of love shoved down our throats by the media in movies, books, and TV shows. It’s seeing the person across a crowded room and feeling an instant connection. Strategic love is trying to find a mate who is truly a good match for you. 

If you’re using a dating app, you’re looking for love strategically. You’re putting particular information out there, and you’re also receiving that information back. People who are looking for organic love tend to have unrealistic expectations because they think love has to be a feel-good story that just happens.

Using the term “strategic” has a negative connotation, but it shouldn’t. Strategy is important, but you also have to have a strategy that focuses on the right things. Everybody has different wants and needs, so there's no such thing as a perfect strategy—only the perfect one for you.

That said, there should be some room for flexibility even if you’re strategy oriented. For example, if someone checks all the boxes except one, consider giving the relationship a chance. Otherwise, you might miss out on a really great relationship.

In this episode, the vent session topic is: When friends change their personality to fit a new partner. It’s beyond annoying. It makes you wonder what their real personality is if it changes so easily for each new partner. It highlights their insecurity and looks like manipulation. You have to reassess who you are at the end of every relationship to get back to knowing yourself.

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RomancipationBy Marlee and Lis