Just days ago your favorite martian was holding you in his arms telling you how special you are and how much he loves you and now three days have gone by and he hasn t even called.
Rubber band theory john gray.
I read a few of john gray s mars and venus books a few years ago.
The rubber band theory duration.
Lianne amanda anderson 6 466 views.
A rubber band is the perfect metaphor to understand the male intimacy cycle he says.
These relationships seem perverse.
One thing that stuck with me because i had noticed it before in my own experiences was his theory that men are like rubber bands.
When they pull away they can stretch only so far before they come springing back.
Understanding the rubber band theory is a game changer for women that will enable you to understand how men work so you don t freak out or wreck a great relationship.
John gray is a hack.
So i call it the rubber band theory.
Healthy men and women want the same things from a relationship not this rubber band mumbo jumbo.
When they leave they always come back just like nothing ever happened and no time has gone by.
This cycle involves getting close pulling away and then getting close again dr.
It can cause a man to pull away even more perhaps stretching until the rubber band breaks.
We hope we re talking about the same thing because as we think about it the first time we heard about the rubber band theory was when we originally read john gray s book men are from mars women are from venus while we know that many people get a lot of benefit from john gray s gender difference information we.
The rubber band man is he taking a time out or is this a sign about your future.
He may feel pressured by concerns that his partner doesn t trust him or even that he is incapable of making her happy.
My version is not to get confused with that of the author john gray who in his book men are from mars women are from venus states.
Men are like rubber bands.
By john gray ph d.
Author of why mars and venus collide.
If they love you they are gonna snap back pretty quick and it isn t a cycle it is manipulation to keep us chasing them ego.
By john gray author of men are from mars women are from venus.
Providing of course that the woman leaves them alone.
Gray explains in his book that men pull away to fulfill a need for independence and autonomy typically after feeling emotionally fulfilled.
The rubber band theory comes from men are from mars and women are from venus book by john gray.
John gray part 3 different stages of dating duration.
Studies will show that the sexes are not much different independent from childhood traumas etc.
