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#757 - James Sexton - A Divorce Lawyer’s Perspective On Love & Marriage

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Embracing Vulnerability and Authenticity in Relationships

In Jiu Jitsu, one must accept being bad at it for a long time and realize there will always be someone better. The key to improving relationships is having honest conversations about vulnerabilities and authentic feelings, breaking societal roles and expectations in the process. Men and women often portray tough exteriors publicly but desire deeper connections and understanding in private, highlighting the importance of open communication and acceptance of vulnerability to enhance relationships.

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It's like, Oh, well, and I will tell you is one of the things I like about Jiu Jitsu is that you have to suck at it for a long period of time. And even when you're great at it, there's still going to be somebody who's better at all times, maybe unless you're Gordon Ryan. So like everybody is going to be find somebody better than them. And by the way, Gordon Ryan jump ahead 30 years. There's going to be a 20 year old is going to tap that guy out because he's going to age. It happens to all of us. So the truth is like I have to believe that the solution to this starts with us being able to talk about it like we do anything else. Like we talk about how we exercise. We talk about what we eat. We talk about, you know, how do we get further in the workplace. But we don't have honest conversations among men among men in conversation with women among women in conversation with each other about what's going on in our relationships. And we all know this any single man in the dating world knows how many women on their Instagram or hashtag girl boss hashtag. I don't need a man. And then when you get them alone, they want you to be a dominant man. They want you to be someone and they'll tell you, Oh, yeah, I would actually really love to like be home and have kids. And by the way, all the guys that on their Instagram, they're hard as nails. They're tough as nails. They're women in their lives will tell you behind closed doors. They cry at things. They're sad. They're vulnerable. But we've created this game where like we all have to play these roles with each other and we're never going to get better at it. We're never going to get better at it if we don't.

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