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3 Subtle Ways Men Approach Love Differently Than Women

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Have you ever noticed that your guy friends handle relationships a bit differently than your girl friends? Of course, this isn’t always the case, but some men have been conditioned to behave differently from women in dating and love. Boys often grow up with the expectations of becoming providers and protectors, dissuaded from expressing their emotions the way women do. 

Undoubtedly, this influences the way adult men navigate relationships.

“While I believe overall we are not extremely different, we all search for love, connection, to feel seen, and to be respected,” says Melissa Kester, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Relational Life Therapist, and Certified Sex and Couples Therapist. “But a blend of societal pressures, life’s lessons, and relational wounding leaves us as individuals who often give to others from how we were both hurt and loved.”

According to therapists, here are three ways men might approach relationships differently from women.

1. They Typically Show Love Through Action, Not Always Words

While women have been........

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