- Have you ever been with a guy and felt
like he was just not treating you like his priority?
And you're getting so frustrated because you want
to make him your priority, but you're not getting
that feeling in return, and worse,
you don't really know how to handle the situation.
Do you invest more into the relationship
and hope that he's going to reciprocate
or do you pull back and create a little bit of space
and then hope that he's going to close that space
and want to make you his priority?
You don't know what to do.
So in this video right now, I'm gonna talk about how
to be a man's priority and absolutely not be his option.
Keep watching.
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Now, when it comes to being a guy's priority,
there are really two different stages in dating
and relationships where I want to address this problem,
and the way that I will answer this question will differ
depending on what stage you're in.
Now, the first stage is that you are just talking
to this guy, and that means that you are not
in an exclusive relationship with him,
and in our framework here at Sexy Confidence,
we call that little love steps number one through five,
and by definition, if you are in this phase
of a relationship, you are not going to be his priority.
You are going to just be an option, which leads me
to an incredibly important point which is never commit
to a man unless he is explicitly committed to you,
and if you're in this talking situationship with a guy
and he's not making you his priority,
you really have one option at this particular stage
which is to explore other options.
Don't allow yourself to fall into the trap
that I call oneitis where you have all
of your emotional energy focused in on this one guy
and that is it and you're not exploring any other options,
but I'm here to tell you that unless you are
at little love step number six which you are in a healthy,
committed relationship, then you should absolutely
be talking to other guys and exploring other options,
and that in turn will make a man want to invest more in you,
especially if he's interested in a relationship with you
because if he gets that feeling that he's going to lose you
if he doesn't take action here,
then he's going to make you his priority.
He's going to want to invest more in the relationship.
Now let's explore the second stage of dating
and relationships which is what I call little love step
number six, and once you get to this stage,
you are in an explicitly committed, exclusive relationship
with a guy and it's natural that at this stage,
you both are going to start prioritizing each other more
because at this stage, you're exclusive with each other.
You're not seeing anyone else, and when it comes to love,
you are each other's focus, but it's really important
to get realistic once you are in an exclusive relationship.
If you're feeling like you are not a guy's priority,
it's important to understand what are his priorities?
So let's dive into a few, shall we?
Number one priority usually is work.
When a guy has a lot going on professionally,
and you want to be sure that's actually work
and he's not just saying it's work, but let's say
it is actually work and he has a lot going on there.
Well, this is perfectly natural for a guy
to dive into his professional career,
especially when he's in a new relationship.
What tends to happen is guys get into a new relationship
and they start to think to themselves, wow,
I am no longer this single guy who's just free
to do whatever I want.
If this relationship works out,
I need to get my (beep) together.
He's gonna be thinking that in the back of his head.
So a lot of times, when a guy gets into a new relationship,
he actually focuses even more effort into work.
It is ingrained into us as men to want to be the providers,
and if we feel like we are not able to do that,
it's very difficult for us to really want to commit.
So if it is a work issue, then just have a conversation
with him and try to carve out at least one night a week
where it's date night, where you are completely prioritizing
each other and you're not checking your phone,
he's not checking his work stuff,
and you are just focusing on you and the relationship.
Now, another scenario that I hear from a lot
of my Love Accelerator clients is when a guy is prioritizing
his other friends or even his hobbies like golf
or something like that instead of spending time with her.
Now, if you're in a new relationship and you're finding
that a guy still wants to spend most of his time
with his friends, for starters, I want you to realize this.
Whenever someone gets into a new relationship,
that requires change, and change can sometimes be hard
for some people and it takes certain people a little bit
of time to adapt to a new relationship.
Now, I'm not saying this lets him off the hook.
He should be prioritizing you over his friends,
even if it's a new relationship, but what I ask you
to do is give a little bit of transitionary time.
When a guy goes from being completely single,
free to do whatever he wants, to a relationship
where he really can't do whatever it is he wants
whenever he wants, that takes a little bit
of transitionary time.
So give him some of that time to spend with his friends
and of course spend with you, but as time moves on,
the trend line should be in the right direction
where he's starting to spend more and more of his time
and energy with you, and if that's not happening,
now it's time to actually have, again,
what we call courageous communication.
Sitting down with him and getting pretty clear
about how much time you want to be spending with each other
and being realistic about what it is that you want.
So when you're not feeling like a priority when you're
with a guy, what I want to caution you from doing is
to try and always close the gap and try to always get closer
and rather than do that, just be a little bit more strategic
about how you handle these situations.
Try to put yourself in his shoes and get crystal clear
about what expectations you have in a relationship
and what will truly make you happy.
You don't want to force a man's hand
to make you his priority.
You want him to want you to be his priority.
You want him to just want it and be committed to it.
You don't want to force his hand.
So follow the advice in this video
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Have you ever felt like you weren't a priority
in a relationship?
How did you handle it?
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