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Mansplaining or Meaningful Advice? Know the Difference

Not every explanation from a man is mansplaining. True mansplaining talks down, interrupts, or assumes you don’t know something because of your gender. Real advice respects your perspective, shares knowledge, and helps you grow. The key is intent and respect: mansplaining diminishes; meaningful... read more

What is true love for you?

For me, true love must be based on understanding and respect. A relationship cannot exist where one person doesn't understand the needs and difficulties of the other. I, as an emotional person, would need the other person to understand that, beyond reason, there's a necessary time for everything.... read more

"Seriti" (2013)

I was 19 and the first mentor I ever had told me to give this drawing a name. At that point, I've never named my artworks. So I just shrugged and said I'll think about it. The next day, he told me to name the drawing "Seriti", and said that the word fit me well. It's weird how that word has been... (edited) read more

Compromising with a neighbour be like 😌🤭 Øresund Bridge.

@Andreas Sauer 👀

Do not sacrifice your happiness and desires in an attempt to make a failing relationship work.

When you suppress your happiness in a desperate effort to keep a relationship afloat, you betray yourself in ways that can take years to heal. Love should not demand the sacrifice of your core desires. It should not require you to mute your laughter, silence your ambitions, or dull your... read more

Between men and women, who do you think tends to make things more complicated—or easier—when it comes to compromising and adapting?