Ainda é relativamente comum as mulheres avaliarem um homem, pelo vínculo que ele tem com a mãe. It is still relatively common for women to assess a man based on the bond he has with his mother.
It is still relatively common for women to assess a man based on the bond he has with his mother.
If he is present, caring, protective, they quickly conclude: “He knows how to love.”
But that analysis is superficial.
The way a man relates to his mother speaks from the place of a son.
The way he relates to a woman speaks from the place of a man.
And those places are formed from different sources.
The son is born from the bond with the mother. The man, however, is born from the mirror of the father.
By observing his father, the boy learns what a man does in the presence of a woman.
There he records whether the masculine protects or harms, whether it takes a stand or withdraws, whether it honours or diminishes.
This learning does not remain in conscious memory. It turns into a pattern.
Later, in adult life, he may even wish to be different, but under tension, in conflict, and in intimacy, what emerges is not intention — it is the model.
That is why it is not enough to ask whether he loves his mother. It is necessary to perceive how he positions himself in relation to his father.
A man who is misaligned with his father often carries invisible disputes: he wants to prove his strength; he avoids responsibility or tries to be the complete opposite of him at any cost.
None of these positions sustain a mature relationship.
When there is acceptance of his own masculine origin, the man stabilises. He stops fighting against his own story and begins to occupy his rightful place.
Only then can he relate without rivalry, without escape, and without the need to dominate.
A relationship does not begin in the meeting of two people. It begins in the meeting of two histories.
When you understand this, you stop interpreting isolated signs and start seeing structures. You stop being guided by expectation and begin to be guided by reality.
Because a man does not love a woman based on the devotion he feels for his mother.
He loves based on the masculine he built — or failed to build — from his father.
Recognising this is not about judging. It is about seeing with maturity. 🔥
Guilherme Fernandes
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