Advice for Strong Relationships from Jordan Peterson

the 2 dates a week and 90mins of non-romantic talking per week is no joke. Keys to successful relationship/marriage.

"You'll drift in the direction of your biggest weakness!"

Part of what I like about being in a relationship is I'm never alone, even when my wife isn't with me I know she's there for me. Just like I'm always there for her.

This is the main problem with relationships: people want more than what they are willing to put in. YOU have to be everything you would want in a partner.

damn my boy Peterson rocking that clean fade

"We outsource most of our sanity" OMG, this is so true.

Looks like I'm well on my way to insanity.

I don't disagree with him. But... He's basically saying people need to be mature, committed, and disciplined. That's EXTREMELY rare to find in people, specially all 3 at the same time.

This is true !!! My husband and I have been together for 12 yrs now we not 30 yet and every day is like a new day because we always take time for us. After kids are asleep we talk about our day, politics, religion and we have different views in politics and religion btw. We go out twice a week sometimes but we always try and we are happy it doesn't feel like I've been with the same person for 12 yrs.

If youre alone all the time youll drift in the direction of youre biggest weakness. That is spot on!

What's happened is people are expecting too much out of relationships and are not willing to put the work in. It's to easy just run off with someone else and screw having to put in any time or effort into a relationship .Was dating more girls than I want to admit too when I realized that I had met the person I Wanted to spend the rest of my life With .So I tried to change and I did, we've been together for 35 yrs. I can't imagine not being with her, I would probably not last very long .

Jordan Peterson has truly changed my life. I am so grateful to have access to his wisdom and ideas, and that he is willing to do the hard work of figuring out how to communicate those thoughts and ideas to us. That is no small task. He is a brilliant and very brave soldier.

It's true. My relationship was falling growing weaker and weaker. We had a talk, and commit to a date night at least once a week. Things are on a big upswing, and we're much busier than before.

He’s so right, when you’re around people you aren’t offered much time to drift and still be part of the group. If you’re a loner, and a lot of your thoughts are only directed at yourself, it’s no wonder you start to look at things in a less than ideal way. Ive spent a majority of my own life in isolation unless it’s looking for a party, I don’t eat lunch with people at work, I do it by myself, I don’t follow people to do things around town, I do it all myself. And it’s no wonder I get more weird as a result, but I just don’t act well in most social settings.

I love that he acknowledges the short “time frame” that women have to get their life together. You have to have a career, find a partner, have kids etc.. ALL in your youth. People seem to think that this is a pressure women WANT or that we put on ourselves. But it’s influenced by society and it’s unrealistic expectations.

While watching this an ad for Lobsterfest popped up. Now....that’s funny.

Most people are not lone wolves by nature. At times in my life, i've shied away from people not because I had this great need for solitude, but more often because of distrusting or feeling betrayed by others.

I'm on my way to realizing I am very unhappy being alone. Hope I'll mend myself eventually, JP continues to help me a lot.

Jordan Peterson is my new guru. He’s beyond intelligent. He’s agreeable and human.