おとぎ話じゃない"現実的”恋愛20ヶ条!?
友達から以下のようなチェーンメイルが送られてきました。内容は「If A Man Wants You」。恋は盲目といいますが、恋におぼれることなく、主体性と手綱は常に自分の手中に握っておけとでもいっているような、まさに現実的な恋愛How Toアドバイスだとおもったので以下に転載しました。Subject: If A Man Wants You1.If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away.If he doesn't want you, nothing can make him stay.(確かに。男の心が離れたら何者もそれを食い止めることはできないですよね。)2.Slower is better. Never live your life for a man before you find what makes you truly happy.(恋や恋愛関係はゆっくりと時間をかけて) 3.The only person you can control in a relationship is you.4.Avoid men who've got a bunch of children by a bunch of differentwomen. He didn't marry them when he got them pregnant, why would he treatyou any differently?5.Maintain boundaries in how a guy treats you. If something bothers you,speak up. Never let a man know everything. 6.Don't EVER make him feel he is more important than you are... even if he has more education or in a better job. Do not make him into a quasi-god.7. He is a man, nothing more nothing less.8. Never let a man define who you are.9. Never borrow someone else's man.(これも大事。誰かの恋人は奪わないことっ。こういうツケは必ず自分に回ってきますからね。)10.If he cheated with you, he'll cheat on you.(これはまさにその通り。浮気癖は治りませんよ)11. A man will only treat you the way you ALLOW him to treat you.12. All men are NOT dogs.13. You should not be the one doing! All the bending...compromise is two way street.14. You need time to heal between relationships...there is nothing cute about baggage... deal with your issues before pursuing a new relationship.(「一人じゃいられないの」症候群を持っているJloのような男も女もいますが、別れたときにこそ、ある時間をおいて、次の関係のためにじっくりと自分の問題に向き合うことは大事ですね。)15. You should never look for someone to COMPLETE you...a relationshipconsists of two WHOLE individuals...look for someone complimentary... not supplementary.16. Dating is fun...even if he doesn't turn out to be Mr. Right.(デートを楽しみましょうですかぁ(笑)。それが「運命の人」となりえなくっても、カジュアルなデートはそれだけでも楽しいものですよね)17. Make him miss you sometimes...when a man always know where you are, and your always readily available to him - he takes it for granted.(尽くしすぎるのはよくないってやつですね。それが当たり前と思われちゃいますからね。)18. Never move into his mother's house. Never co-sign for a man.(笑。結構現実味ありますね、これは。同居を避けることが精神衛生上いいという観念がアメリカにもあるのでしょうか。)19. Don't fully commit to a man who doesn't give you everything that you need.20. Keep him in your radar but get to know others.(一途もいいけれど、他にもアンテナを張ってないといけないってやつですね。)