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

Are we carrying this into 2025? 🤷🏽‍♀️ #moderndating #dating #2025 #relationshipexpectations

28 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube clip, Dr. Jameca Cooper, speaking from a clinical perspective, observes a recurring theme among her female therapy clients: an expectation that male romantic partners regularly cover personal expenses such as hair and nail services, car repairs, and gasoline. She contrasts this perceived contemporary norm with her own experience growing up in the 1990s, when she did not notice similar expectations among women. Dr. Cooper suggests that while some financial contributions might be appropriate within a committed marriage, they may be less suitable for casual dating relationships. She invites viewers to share their perspectives, indicating openness to alternative explanations or insights.

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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.