Reflect on your romantic relationship, and identify one area you’d like to improve. If you don’t have a romantic partner in your life, identify past failures you’d like to improve on. If you’ve never been in a relationship, describe your ideal one.
Good god, to think of anyone participating in this project who has never had a serious relationship. That means a full grown adult who has an extra 200 bucks lying around who has never had a girlfriend. That money would be better spent elsewhere. I suppose that’s a big reason why Bret started this whole project. He saw so many men who are not having the lives they want for whatever reason. Well, that’s a different situation…
For me, I could improve on all fronts. I’m getting better at some little things, but I’ve always been a guy to miss a lot of big picture stuff. Believe me. Here we are, coming up on one more birthday, and I’m clueless as what to get her. There’s your start point, Mark. Figure out what she wants, and do/give it. Simple enough until the planning starts. Here’s a totally fixable part of my relationship that in theory should be easy to fix: gifting. Not just finding the “perfect gift”, but getting something at all. I’ve missed too many birthdays, anniversaries, Christmases over the years. Yeah, that’s not good. So this one area would be a great place to start.
Maybe better planning further out will be the place to start. It’s not just the paying attention to what she says, though that’s important too. She’s not a material girl as much as one who appreciates the thinking that goes into a birthday getaway or dinner. I’ve just got to start earlier and follow through. It’s as simple as making reservations in most cases. Shit- I’ve really been messing this up.
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