What to Do If Your Partner Doesn’t “Get” You

How to tell if it’s the end of the road or not

Jennifer Haubrich
4 min readOct 7, 2022
Photo by Manuel Meurisse on Unsplash

When we say we want to be loved, many of us mean we want to feel understood. We long for someone in this crazy world to “get” us. Maybe, we think, there’s someone out there who understands us in a way no one else ever has.

We hope so.

And then, when we finally meet someone who makes sparks fly and our hearts melt, we think maybe they’re that person. There’s an undeniable attraction. We identify some interests and beliefs we have in common…

Things are looking good!

So, we start to think, could they be the one?

It’s easy in the beginning to only notice all the things you have in common with a love interest.

And it’s fun. I can’t tell you how many boys and men I begged to dance with me at parties over the years. When my husband danced with me without being asked the weekend we met, I was elated. And I couldn’t help but take it as a sign.

Discovering they don’t completely “get” you

It may not happen on the first date, but as you get to know one another, you’ll soon discover ways you and your new love are different. You’ll find interests, tastes, and sensibilities…

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Jennifer Haubrich

Finding the funny in relationships, parenting, life, and personifying inanimate objects. Contact: jenniferh@lumieremedia.com