We women as a whole love in such an amazing way. I can say that as a general statement because I really believe it’s true. Even the toughest woman has the capacity to love 10x more than any man could hope to.

Call it God’s plan or evolution but we can care so deeply, in such a profound way. A woman’s tears have the ability to bring the strongest man to his knees, a mother’s hug can heal any child’s pain and when she falls in love it controls her whole body and mind.

This can be a problem. I see so many beautiful, talented, brilliant woman fall prey to giving their deep love to someone that doesn’t even come close to deserving it. (This post includes myself.)

Have you heard or experienced any of these gems in your life?

1. The, “I don’t want things to move too fast.” So he doesn’t talk to you during the week but conveniently finds ways to contact you on the weekend.
2. The, “I was only dancing with that other girl because I wanted her to feel good about herself.”
3. The, “I can’t live without you!” Yet has no problem hooking up with the next pretty face who gives him attention as soon as you’re not in his sight.

We have names for these guys:

Liar.
Asshole
Creep.

And then I see so many of these ladies fall for these excuses and continue to give these undeserving guys their love and attention. When did it become okay for women to give up their bodies without getting any sort of emotional respect back in return? When did it become the norm to think you were being a ‘psycho’ girl because you happened to text him more than once a week? Guys have us so twisted around. They should be pursuing us. They should be the ones over analyzing every little thing they say to us. Not the other way around.

I gave up everything in the relationship I was in. I gave all my love and devotion to someone who did some of those things above and a list of other things. I need to get my love back and hold it tight. I will never give my love away as freely again. I’m going to go back to demanding the respect that I, as a woman, deserve. Because a woman’s love is the greatest gift someone can receive, we’ve all experienced it and hopefully know it’s true.