A short YouTube monologue (personal reflection) asserting a firm dating standard: partners must be able to talk about their feelings and not shut down emotionally. The speaker emphasizes clear emotional communication as a gatekeeper for romantic commitment, noting gendered patterns in emotional expression but insisting on mutual openness.
To each their own. But my standard right now is if you cannot have a conversation with me about how you feel, you don't get a ticket into my heart. Period. End of story. Like, I'm very, very firm about that. You can struggle to convey yourself. You can struggle to express yourself. I mean, I date men, and a lot of men will have, you know, not all men, but a lot of men will be not as accustomed, perhaps, to emote, but at least we can communicate about it. And you're not going to shut down. Like, shutting down, it's just not going to fly.
