I've talked about how a guy can and should show respect to a girl. Now it's time to talk to girls about how to respect a guy.
If you are a guy, I know you want to be respected as well. I know that to be a fact, and it's not just because I am a guy. But I've talked to hundreds of guys who deeply desire for their girlfriend to show them admiration and high regard. Ladies, here are a few things you should know if you want to make sure the men you know are deeply aware of how much you love and respect them.
So How Does a Girl Show A Guy Respect?
Here's our straight forward list:
1. To respect a guy, don't play with his sexuality and drives.
To respect a guy, don't play with his sexuality and drives. Cause him to love and see you as a person, and not just as an object.
She doesn't use her body to manipulate him. If you only take one thing from this blog, get this one. Girls, you have an incredible power to control guys with your appearance, simply because guys are driven so intensely by what they see when they look at a girl and the beauty of her body. To respect a guy, don't play with his sexuality and drives. Cause him to love and see you as a person, and not just as an object. When you flirt with him you can easily appeal to his lust, rather than who he is as a person. Dressing modestly and refusing to be flirtatious, also shows your boyfriend you aren't trying to attract other guys.
2. She asks his opinion.
Every person wants to be respected. Guys, in particular, crave to be looked at as a leader--someone whose ideas are important. Guys want to know you are interested in what they think. He feels respected when you care about how he thinks and feels. Then when you take the time to listen, it's even more powerful. He will feel deeply valued by you. Someone commented to me: If a girl asks a guy's opinion, if he answers honestly (and preferably tactfully) with an answer she didn't want, she needs to realize that he respected her enough not to lie to her, and she needs to respect his opinion, even if she doesn't agree with it, and not get angry with him because of it.
3. Don't try to put words in his mouth.
If you try to put words into a guy's mouth, you'll only show him you think he doesn't know what to say.
She is patient with him when he has a difficult time expressing himself.Many guys have a hard time communicating, especially their thoughts and emotions.
There are going to be many times he wants you to know what he's feeling, but he is just going to need a little more time actually getting it out. Don't try to put words in his mouth, you'll only show him you think he doesn't know what to say. You can, however, repeat back to him what you heard him say, so you both are on the same page.
4. She encourages and supports him.
Guys easily feel belittled by girls. When you cheer on your man, you are breathing life into his soul. Telling him you believe in him and support what he is attempting to achieve is a very powerful way to show your guy you respect him. When he feels that support from you, the confidence you are pouring into him will help him to feel invincible. Someone once said, Behind every great man, is a great woman. Some girls are so stuck on their own needs they can't seem to give encouragement and inspiration to the guys they know. So give a guy a gift he will never forget: the gift of encouragement.
5. When you cheer on your man, you are breathing life into his soul.
She doesn't exhaust him with all the little details. It's easy to want to make sure your boyfriend gets all the details of your life. He is interested in you, but he gets worn out easily if you bog down your stories with all kinds of extra details. Try to make it easier for him to process all the information you want him to know.
6. She knows she doesn't own him.
She doesn't demand he be there for her 24 hours a day. Just because the two of you may be dating, doesn't put you in charge of his life.
When you let him have his own life, making his own decisions, spending time with his friends, it shows you respect him, and will make you more attractive to him.
Lindsey commented she knew her boyfriend's time was limited with his working full-time and going to school full-time. I never tried to demand lots of time from him. Instead, I would make him a meal and meet him between classes or on his lunch break at work. He really appreciated it, and I felt like I was respecting his schedule while still fitting in time to see him.
Showing respect to your boyfriend is the very best way you can show him that you love him.
7. She must respect herself.
There are many girls who are extremely insecure and are convinced they are not worth being loved or respected by others. So they end up sabotaging their relationships with guys because of their low self-esteem. They tend to be constantly asking their guy if they are still being loved by him. It's very difficult for a guy to respect a girl who doesn't respect herself or see herself as worthy to be loved.
Jonathan had some great thoughts I must include. A girl must also respect herself; if a guy desires to date her or even just be her friend, he must like something about her. By not liking herself, she is also saying that her friend's and/or boyfriend's opinions of her don't mean anything to her. If she returns compliments with contradictory remarks, she is not respecting the guy's opinion, or his attempt to respect her.
Girls, it's valuable to realize how important this topic is in your relationship with guys. Showing respect to your boyfriend is the very best way you can show him that you love him. But it's also true with all your relationships, including your relationship with yourself. It is crucial to respect yourself and I've written a blog about that as well.
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Number 1 is, Be respectable yourself. This is on here.
There is a story about Audrey Hepburn going to visit a men's prison to do volunteer service. As she walked in, the men certainly stared, but there were no whistles, cat calls, or hey babys. A few men said a mere, hello. Men DO respond to your energy.
I myself have passed construction sites and not received whistles, but rather, words. "You look very beautiful". To which I say, "thank you".
Is there going to be a random jerk or 2 who are clueless? of course. Thats life, but most men can sense who you are more than you know.
And then the final piece, when he cherishes you by treating you well, the best way you respect him is to RECEIVE it. This shows him the most respect of all.
Men, or at least most of them, are not worthy of my respect.Maybe there should be an article about how men should respect women?.Because they don’t.Men my age leer and state and honk at and have grabbed my 15 year old daughters breast.They are pigs.
Women are so self entitled and have no respect for men these days. Modern women are the true pigs.
This thread had this quote:
"I need your help. Would you comment back to me on how you have learned to respect yourself. If you don’t respect yourself, tell me why."
Not anymore, I wonder what happened.
Why I didn't respect myself: Because somewhere along the line I knew I had to stay in touch with my inner voice and I didn't, because I knew the person whom I had to keep my word above all was me, and I didn't. Many times. Because I kept going towards the people that didn't do good to me. Because I wanted to be with anybody but me, sometimes this person would be kind, sometimes this person would be destructive (me with no-shell or protection, I got many injuries). Because I did things against my principles, because I have been self-destructive. Because I can't forgive myself and convince myself I would deserve another chance, that even tho I made so much harm to me and others, I still have hope to be god's love receiver. I felt like I was a demon sometimes.
I was cleaning my inbox and saw that I saved the link to this article.
I feel like 4 years have given me a lot of maturity. I was doing things wrong, I didn't respect myself, I'm still learning to do this properly. I I pushed my boundaries, even tho my partner at the time had great human qualities there was a side of him that was definitely an aggressor side. We came to a point where I couldn't go out with friends, and/or colleagues. He couldn't trust myself, but that was because I didn't trust myself in the first place.
I should have just stood away from dangerous/toxic relationship or behaviours since the beginning, and not let it develop.
Right now, I'm just: how I let this happen?
I'm deeply thankful for life's second, third, fourth, so on chances. I'm still in the journey to get to know myself, and respect myself. Although, I'm caught in an another relationship where the guy pretty much ignores me, I have this feeling he's selfish, I even dream that past innocent loves tell me to stay away from him, my gut tells me. I think he claims it to be good because we both have "our" time with ourselves, but not checking in for days/weeks. I don't think this is sane. Or maybe I just need to give love to the situation and trust that whatever is for me is here to make me grow. I hope, not with too much pain.
May I share this link on my fb page? I did a search for ‘I respect men’ and this was only one of two hits. Terribly sad...
Yes, we would love for you to share this on your FB page! That is sad that only 2 articles showed up. 🙁
So eloquently put. I agree 😊