There is no such thing like a relationship - only fight for power. Relationships and marriage is a social construct, created by elites so you work and pay taxes and don't murder them. It's to keep you busy and working. If you know anything about human relationships you will know there is never ever such thing like equality. All human interactions are based on winner-looser model, and so called relationships and marriage is eternal fight for leverage. If you have no leverage you are a looser, a bitch. The state and civilization makes sure men have less and less leverage over women that's why relationships with women are complete misery for you and them. The secret of success with women was always leverage, which can be physical or monetary. Woman without man's grace was fucked or dead this dread keep her in line. 200 years ago to surive she needed a man, so was nice, submissive and sexual because she had to. Leverage explains why women from poor countries are better. They aren't. They behave better because you have leverage over their fate. The moment you loose it she shows her true face.

To have satisfactory relationships with humans you need 1) leverage 2) keep it 3) knowing how to execute it, otherwise you will have to submit and become simp, because it means other side have leverage over you. There won't be any harmony or balance it's bullshit. Relationships and marriages fail because men don't have or loose leverage to keep woman where is her place - down. MGTOW is not playing rigged game, if you are not blessed with looks or money and redpilled-mgtowed brain to execute your leverages, you are destined to loose and became beta bitch and then 'love' with end. It was never about love but balance of power.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_48_Laws_of_Power