A short YouTube monologue (creator: Anwar White) describing how the speaker recognized her partner as "the one." The speaker explains she identifies core relationship needs that stem from lived experience (e.g., childhood abandonment) and gives behavioral examples — frequent responsiveness to calls, steady reliability, supportive parenting, being nonjudgmental and action-oriented — as evidence that her partner satisfies those needs.
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Bernice said, how did you know your man was the one? So one of the things that I do on my program is help my clients understand what are their deeper relationship needs. And I knew my partner was the one because he was satisfying those deeper relationship needs that I had that really came from my lived experiences. Yeah. So, for example, my father abandoned me when I was in fourth grade. And so for me, I needed someone who was reliable and was for me. Right. And so my partner, girl, there were times I was calling 7, 9, 11 times a day. And you know what? He picked up each and every time.
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That is that on that. That's just one example. My partner is an amazing father. He is an amazing person. He's very giving. He's very loving. He's very supportive. He's not judgmental. He doesn't complain. I don't complain. I don't like complainers. He doesn't complain. He gets. We just get shit done, you know, and.
You know, I'm a cancer, and sometimes I'm moody, and he gives me my space when I'm in a mood, you know, and he doesn't take shit personally.