A 29-year-old woman, Alexa V., has gained popularity on TikTok for her candid video about rejecting societal expectations regarding relationships. She emphasizes self-love and personal fulfillment over the pursuit of romantic partnerships, challenging traditional norms and sparking a conversation about individual choices.
In a world where relationships often take center stage in defining personal happiness, one woman has a new narrative.Alexa V., 29, shared her resistance to societal norms about relationships in a viral TikTok video. The clip, which has received nearly 100,000 views, is resonating as a refreshing take on self-love over expectations about long-term partnerships. Alexa spoke to Newsweek about how she arrived at this resolution—and about her advice for others facing similar struggles.
'Something that has really helped me stop being so obsessed with wanting to be in a relationship is realizing that pretty much every single person that is in a relationship is not even living the life that I want to live,' Alexa said in the TikTok video. 'Being in a relationship is like, the most uninteresting thing about you.'Despite the resoluteness of her words, Alexa told Newsweek that her revelation wasn't immediate; it was the result of long-term inner work.'It took a lot of hard and honest conversations with myself...for several years to come to this realization,' she said. 'Hearing friends and family talk about their own relationship struggles made me realize that getting into a relationship is not going to magically solve all of my problems or make my life perfect.'Questioning Societal ConditioningFor Alexa, this journey also meant confronting deeply ingrained societal expectations.From what she calls 'princess programming' influenced by Disney movies to the pervasive notion that women should marry and have children by a certain age, she said she had to dismantle these beliefs to chart her own path.'From the time we're little, it is ingrained in us that when we grow up, we should get married and have kids—key word being 'should,'' Alexa said. 'Starting to ask myself questions was what allowed me to form my own beliefs about relationships, marriage and kids, versus going along with what everyone else does because it's what we 'should' do as a societ
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