It’s one thing meeting a fellow singleton who wants to date you, but that doesn’t always mean they’re ready for a real relationship.
If they don’t like to open up and they’re unreliable, they might be ’emotionally unavailable,’ meaning they are unable to engage in a relationship on a deeper level.
Thankfully, relationship and positive psychology coach Elle Mace, Elle said there are questions you can ask yourself to determine whether your partner is being emotionally unavailable.
‘Can you share your personal thoughts and feelings with them, do you know how they are feeling, do you feel supported and comfortable opening up, can you meet halfway with decisions?’ she asked.
‘If the answer is no these then perhaps they are emotionally unavailable,’ she added.
The expert added there are several reasons why someone could struggle to show their emotions.
‘It could be that they don’t feel safe expressing their emotions especially if they were not taught or felt comfortable showing emotions as a child,’ Elle said.
‘For example, if a child is told to stop crying then as an adult they may not feel it is ok to cry or that it’s silly to cry therefore will be in fear that if they cry they may be shut down again,’ she added.
