Tyler Rayburn

The Worst Relationship Of Your Life Will Be With A Man Child

The worst relationship of your life will be with a man child because he will be so damn fun in the beginning. He is charming and spontaneous and funny and these are the things that drew you to him in the first place. But in time you will learn that a man child doesn’t bring much more to the table. After all, he expects that you have already set the table and gets upset when you ask him to load his dish in the dishwasher instead of leaving it next to the sink two inches from said dishwasher. It will be exhausting and maddening.

The worst relationship of your life will be with a man child because you will see all of his potential and the man he could truly be if he would just put his mind to it. You will know he is capable of doing so much more with himself, his life, and your relationship. And so you give him time. You wait. You also try and encourage him to grow up and do better because you want better for him and also for you. You do your best to show him the value of keeping a clean home, trying hard at work, and being a good partner. But it never gets through to him and this is how your entire relationship will go. He drops the ball and you pick it up over and over and over again.

The worst relationship of your life will be with a man child because he believes that his problems will always be worse and more important than yours. It will never be your turn for support, for a listening ear, for a shoulder to lean on. He will lash out in times of stress and expect you to just take it because he doesn’t know how to handle his own emotions.

The worst relationship of your life will be with a man child because when you try to hold a man child accountable for his bad behavior, it will cause an enormous fight and you will wish you had just said nothing at all. A man child doesn’t understand the concept of responsibility because no one has ever trusted him to be responsible for anything. And now you know why. He is unreliable and inconsistent.

The worst relationship of your life will be with a man child because he will weaponize incompetence because he knows you will always fix his mistakes and pick up his slack. He knows that he can get away with messing everything up because he has you to clean everything up afterward.

The worst relationship of your life will be with a man child because he will always have his excuses but never his shit together. He will never change and you will never get through to him.

The issue isn’t that he can’t do better. It’s simply because he does not want to. You want a partner that raises you up, not one you literally have to raise to be an adult. Don’t date a man child because he will only waste your time and break your heart.