Can you respect and revere women too much?

Question

to the point that it will ruin your relationships with them romantically?

Answer 1

Kudos to you Tracey. I agree with you. Either Gender deserves respect. But it must be earned by their behavior. If the behavior does not justify it, you should not respect anybody who is not worthy of respect, regardless of their gender. My opinion.

Answer 2

Yes, definitely.  I don't want my husband to reverere me at all, I absolutely hate the idea.  And I don't want him to overdo the respect either.  Nothing would be more boring to me than an excess of respect.

Answer 3

Too much of anything spoils the broth.

Too much respect and ceases to be respect.

Too much reverance and who is she queen of sheeba? Should you get on your knees and pray to her?

To far and you disrespect your self. Those people who say you can't respect or revere too much haven't thought how far it can go.

Edit - just so you can grasp what I'm saying - and I'll use an over the top example to highlight it. With some cultures its considered rexpetful to address a man as MR and by his lastname, like wise with women, by a formal title. Formality by its nature is respectful. However, should I have a wife, and I insist from respect to always call her MRS C .... and so on. It takes the piddle after a while doesnt it.

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

too much becomes an obsession.  obsessing over anyone in a relationship becomes a dangerous situation.  think venus in furs without the game.

Answer 6

No, but you can disrespect your self enough to ruin your relationship.

Answer 7

Projecting gender-stereotype cliches onto one gender and either revering or despising people according to those cliches is... not gonna work.  You are ignoring the person, and revering (or despising) a fantasy you have created for yourself.  Its delusional.

Answer 8

I think the problem lies more within the fact that some men and women are too lenient with their limitations in a relationship. They tend to allow their partners to get away with things that they know in their heart of hearts is wrong. Most men and women do this because

A. They're pushovers, and don't stand up to anyone.

B. They place more value on the person(s) physical appearances vs. their own emotional and mental health.

C. They're in love with the idea of being in love with someone, to the point of "bending over backwards" in order to be able to say that they have a “girlfriend/boyfriend”. Living more in fear of being alone than being used or abused by their partners.

But the most important thing to understand in relationships with anyone (man or woman) is that you can never respect a person (man or woman) too much, but you can have too little respect for yourself.  Because some people place less value on themselves based sole on their relationship status, they tend to get entangled in relationships that are unstable, lack trust, and unhealthy.

These needy people seek the love and respect from others that they should exhibit towards themselves by becoming clingy, emotionally attached, and demonstrate  an "over kill" of unneeded attention and affection. And this behavior in most cases is enough to scares any single person (man or woman) away, because they may or may not feel the same emotional depth of "love" towards you that you euphorically think you feel towards them.  I've watched many of my friends of both sexes "smother" a person out of love because they cared so much for the person they where with, until that person felt as though they couldn't breath; and soon broke up with them.

Now on the other hand, I think most married women and men enjoy this sort of behavior. They feel as though this "obsession" shows them that they're still loved, respected, trusted, and wanted by the man or woman they said "I do" too. The single people and married people will see this distinctive behavior differently, for the simple fact that they're on two totally different ends of the relationships spectrum. You have on one end the singles who're still trying to figure out what they want in life from a man or woman (much less what they want for themselves) or just simply want someone to $wrew, and on the other ned you have the married men and woman who just wants their significant others to show them that the love between the two of them is still there; and that he or she isn't going anywhere. So you'll see some say yes and some say no. But regardless of what answers you get, always remember to respect yourself before you respect anyone else. Because if you don't respect you, then no one else will.

Answer 9

I think so. If it makes it impossible for her to live up to your perception of her.