I have 92 minutes left on the dryer and this has been on a loop in my head all day so …
let’s see if we can get this done shall we?
I am pro Matthew Hussey.
But after posting a few videos of his to my page and my profile I am realizing not everyone is.
So be it.
To be fair, this was posted by one of the strongest women I know. Who also has no interest in a relationship. So really, these aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
And there’s that word again…Should.
Ya, a lot of us should be able to do a lot of things. And yet, here we are. Lost and confused as a whole.
Some things that are blatantly obvious to some of us are not as obvious to others. Experience or ego gets in the way.
I picture myself like her when I get older. She is single, ferociously independent and happy as is. I don’t expect to find one person to live happily ever after with. I am 43 now, I am happy, I have my dog, my life, my words, my son and my friends. I am fulfilled. And yet, I do keep trying with men. I like them and I love sex.
The second coming comment reminds of this “so he can make you cum that doesn’t make him Jesus” Tori Amos
Which lends itself to “little girls shouldn’t treat little boys they happen to meet like little gods” Voice of the Beehive.
And yet, we do. I do anyways. I give control of my happiness and self-esteem over to men who can’t even handle their own shit much less me at my best or worst. Or I used to. I am getting better. A lot of that comes with finding joy in being alone. But that is another post for another day.
Another opinion on Mr. Hussey Media usually placates to the lowest common denominator. Agreed, woman need to take more control, but personal accountability isn’t something our government/society encourages. I’ve never met him, he might have his heart in the right place, but his biceps and hair…..? Anyone that tries to explain a formula for finding love has to be digging for gold. There isn’t one.
Valid points. There is no formula for something that is as varied as our hearts and life experiences.
And yes, this is a different time for women. It’s so hard to find a balance when any show of strength gets you labelled a bitch and any show of open sexuality gets you called a whore.
But if you listen to him, he talks to women like people.
It’s not the biceps or the hair, nor the accent, which by the way has been scientifically proven to put us both at ease and under the assumption the bearer of an English accent is intellectually superior and trustworthy. Weird right? England had a long standing tradition of invading other countries and fucking shit up…but maybe that’s why it’s both familiar and authoritative.
Nearly naked girls sell products, British accents sell ideas.
The world has pretty much figured this out as a whole and I cannot see it changing anytime soon. I personally like to fall asleep to David Attenborough’s snake charming grandfather timber, so there is that then.
I cannot remember the first Matthew Hussey video I saw. I think it was the one about unrequited love being worship.
Thunderpunch to the heart chakra. Here I was thinking it was romantic and pure and a testament to my piousness and devotion. Nope, nuh-uh. We shouldn’t worship people. Relationships are partnerships and when they are one-sided, it’s just sad and a waste of perfectly good effort and emotion.
I felt liberated.
I have since added this to my life practices when assessing romantic situations and writing about them. I mean I was kinda there, but the way he said it, made it click home, hard.
And therein lies the secret of his success and why I find him both refreshing and useful.
When he speaks, to me, things click.
I don’t equate this with mansplaining. Mansplaining to me is a ‘not all men’, ‘but what about men’, ‘this goes for guys too’, and the worst offenders the men who speak overtop of women and just say exactly what the woman just said and all the other men in the room all suddenly agree.
Matthew Hussey doesn’t do that.
And yes, sometimes he is Captain Obvious. But so is Dr. Phil and errrbody eats his condescending circus shit up with a spoon. To me Dr. Phil isn’t any kind of therapist, he’s just more logical than most people.
The reason for both their success?
No, not Oprah…
It is because logic becomes gospel. It’s rare.
The most commonly asked question I hear from women with man problems is “Well, what did he mean?”
To which I invariably answer, “Well what were the words he used? He meant those words in that order.”
It’s a good rule of thumb.
This isn’t always true exactly. Fuckboys speak their own language, which Matthew Hussey and I both have covered extensively, his stuff gets more hits but it’s not a competition.
Women, as a general rule, are emotional and complicated thinkers. Men as a general rule are more logical and simpler creatures. Unless it comes to building cars because heaven forfuckingbid they put them together so you only need 3 tools to fix them, nope, 27 different screwdrivers, torque wrenches, regular wrenches imperial measurements, metric measurements all on the same damned car. The fuck guys, it’s almost like you don’t want us to fix our own vehicles.
Where was I? Oh ya. Emotion versus logic and simple versus complex.
Now. When dealing with human beings in general we all carry the narcissistic trait of using our own base of emotion and experience to assess any situation. It is unfair to say its narcissistic actually. All we have is our own viewpoint and reality really. But where the problem arises is when women expect men (or vice versa) to process information, events, tasks etc. the way SHE would.
Ain’t gonna happen. Again, generalization. Some men have more empathy, have been raised by women/around women and can thereby ‘get it’ a little better than others. Same scenario with women. But for the intents and purpose of this article I am speaking of the average cisgender, sexually mature male and female human. Factory default settings I guess.
I know plenty of women and men that are terrified of the opposite sex. To the point where they will have a crush and go months without saying a word or approaching this person.
Personally? I’m not like that. If I want you, you’ll know. But, stepping outside of my own viewpoint, I can see the use for people like Matthew Hussey and other life/relationship coaches. I’ve been to therapy, I needed and adultier adult with a fresh perspective. To me, that is what Matthew Hussey does, just gives a fresh perspective to those who NEED it.
Don’t need it? Don’t watch him.
I don’t care for wine so I don’t drink it, leave it for the wine drinkers to enjoy. I don’t complain about it, I don’t question the existence of wine. I simply don’t imbibe.
I said earlier I don’t remember the first Matthew Hussey video I saw, I think it was the unrequited love is bullshit, but again, I can’t be sure.
I do know the last one I saw and I’ll post the links at the end.
Thunderpunch to the heart chakra.
He equated being in love, and losing that person, to quitting an addiction.
Fuck, yes. That is exactly what it is.
And me with my graveyard of zombified ex-lovers who just love love to randomly pop into my inboxes. I can testify it IS a rush, it IS a fix.
Hello, my name is Sarah and I am an addict.
Those messages send an opioid rush through my system, feels like sunshine to be remembered. And since I loathe unanswered messages, and I want to get high, I always message back. Usually within minutes.
He went on to talk about how healing and potentially getting that person back being the same process. If a man feels he has nothing to lose he will keep putting in the bare minimum to keep you around, after all, you are his fix too.
I have moments of awakening. At least 2 in the last few months have been because of Matthew Hussey. For that I am grateful.
I can dole out good, sound, responsible relationship advice to everyone on the planet, I’m really good at it. I rarely follow it. So I am one of those people who needs to hear what that man has to say, because for whatever reason…I actually listen.
We need more love in the world. Less fear, second guessing, less confusion and heartache.
I am behind anyone who tries to make it so.
To me he is just another logical light in the chaotic dark.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/CoachMatthewHussey/videos/?ref=page_internal