There was a guy I was talking to for a while until I realized how emotionally and mentally draining it was so I cut him off entirely. I remember one of the things he always joked about was how "demanding" I was because I always stated my wants and needs. However, because he said it often as a "joke," I started to become so self-conscious about everything I said and did around him. My responses went from "What? You can't handle it?" and laughing it off to "Is that a bad thing?" It would loom on my mind and I would keep thinking there was something wrong with me. I wish I had realized this early on and walked away then, especially when he joked about it quite frequently.

Ladies, if a guy jokes about how "demanding" you are, he really can't handle you. He knows you're worthy but he ain't worth it. There's nothing wrong with having standards and knowing what you want and what you need.