{"id":3079,"date":"2017-05-05T17:55:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2017-05-05T17:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:55:53","slug":"love-and-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risky.tv\/love-and-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lover Isn&#8217;t Your Personal &#8216;People Pleaser&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This 3-minute video sorta nutshells what we&#8217;ve been shouting from the rooftops for years.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of any <em>exploratory<\/em> intimate relationship, no matter how short-lived or consistently long-held, is this:<\/p>\n<p><strong>To ensure you both hold each other to to the highest version of your individual selves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meaning, being together in open communication, honesty and authentic expression to determine if you&#8217;re better together than being apart.<\/p>\n<p>But, that assessment doesn&#8217;t come inclusive to 100% support, or 100% feel-good times and exchanges ( <a href=\"https:\/\/risky.tv\/definition-of-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learn more&#8230; <\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>As one viewers of the above video put it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;A lover isn&#8217;t just someone who can make you feel better when you&#8217;ve acted wrongly or are experiencing insecurity, but someone whose opinion you trust enough that <strong>they can help open your mind to criticism\/feedback<\/strong> that you would otherwise ignore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two lovers can help push one another to attempt to grow as people; a team that feels comfortable enough to <em>call each other out<\/em> on their faults, while loving each other enough that, as long as they&#8217;re each trying their best, the end destination doesn&#8217;t matter!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"A Lover Isn&#8217;t Your Personal &#8216;People Pleaser&#8217;\" \/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/risky.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/picxy_6p45o.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"This 3-minute video sorta nutshells what we&#039;ve been shouting from the rooftops for years. 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