Are you fighting for a different position in someone else's head?
Is there anything worse than respecting someone, adoring their demeanor, acknowledging their accomplishments, and loving everything about them, and then hearing that they don't hold you in the same regard? To spend time and energy trying to relocate your position in their head? This can be a defeating task. There is no winning in this fight, because if you happen to move to a better position, the haunting thought of why you were held in such disregard can keep you awake at night. Categories and labels are how we sort life. Many say they don't like labels, but aren't they necessary? Say you travel. You decide to try a local dish. You cannot pronounce it. You taste it anyway. Your partner asks you the inevitable, "What does it taste like?" Now it tastes like nothing you've ever tasted, but you cannot say that, so you say, "it tastes like chicken." Now there is a connection. Now, they may try it. Let's call the person in the first paragraph your men...