Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

am I missing something ? #moderndating #dating #relationshipexpectations #expectations #therapy

2 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this short video, Dr. Jameca Cooper, a therapist, notes a pattern among her female therapy clients: they expect their male romantic partners to regularly cover personal expenses such as hair, nails, car repairs, and gas. She contrasts this with her own experience growing up in the 1990s, when she did not observe such expectations among women she knew. Dr. Cooper questions whether these financial expectations are appropriate for dating or casual relationships versus a committed partnership or marriage, and invites viewers to share their perspectives, suggesting she may be missing something about contemporary relationship dynamics.

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this. I'm noticing this trend with my female therapy clients. When they're in romantic relationships with men, they feel like the men should pay them money for them to get their hair done, their nails done, fix their car, put gas in the car, all those things on a regular basis. They have described this as being an expectation of the man that they're in a relationship with. I think that's different because when I think about growing up for me, like in the '90s, I don't remember seeing my friends or other women that I knew who expected these things. So it seems like it's something that's just currently going on right now. Some of those things that women expect should be done should not be done by a dating partner or a boyfriend, but maybe could be done by a person that's a husband or someone you're in a committed relationship with. So maybe you guys can help me. Maybe I'm missing something.