by Sarah Vigue

Created on: April 29, 2010   Last Updated: January 23, 2012

If you want to learn something about the complexity of women, watch how they behave in a romantic relationship. Women go from shifting into a liaison to landing completely on their faces. Below are 10 common errors ladies make in their dating relationships (with both men and women.) Some of these mistakes are more severe than others, but they are so common that we need to look at what the problems are and why they are problems in the first place.

1. Giving up your life.

This goes for all women in every relationship. This happens all the time and when you see others doing it, you know right away what actions need to be taken and what advice to give. But when the show is on the other foot.... Maybe this transgression can be excused during the very beginning of a relationship as it is a period of adjustment, but that is only a maybe. Even when you miss your sweetie and can’t get him out of your head, focus and discipline are blessing. Neglecting friends and your own time only serve in helping you lose track of yourself and to suffocate your partner. A diet of dessert sounds good, but there is a reason no one eats just that and why it comes at the end of a meal. Getting bored is disastrous too.  Be the woman who grabbed his attention in the first place: A woman with her own life.

2. Stereotyping and being inconsiderate.

“He’s a guy, he can take it.” Well you are a girl and you can handle gossip and cat fights right? Who says that you want to though? Modern men are much freer now to express themselves than ever before.

Support this by letting them talk about themselves, their days; let them be heard. Men also need to tap into their boyish side, whether that means playing video games and poker nights or air guitar. Support your significant other as an individual. Boys on one side, girls on the other type of thinking serves to separate, not unite a couple. Women can be just as inconsiderate as men, so watch out for this. Also, expecting a man to pay for everything, when you have a job and are of equal means, is not fair. There needs to be balance in everything.

3. Mind games to induce jealousy.

If you need to make your partner jealous, something is not working for you and this unhealthiness with you, and probably with the relationship too, needs to be addressed. Is the other person untrustworthy or are you just insecure? Jealousy is never acceptable and “testing” someone has limitation and almost borders on a lack of trust

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