Insight From Modern Love - by Betterly
                     Insight From Modern 
Love
Modern Love is a web series on @AmazonPrime which has 
about 8 episodes that capture unconventional stories on love.
Every challenge in a story is conquered by the idea of love. 
Whether its a protagonist with a rough past, a mental illness 
like bipolar, or an LGBT couple- everyone is capable of 
finding, keeping and being the love they seek.
I would like to talk about an episode titled: When 
the doorman is your main man. The protagonist Maggie 
Mitchell is a single woman with a PhD, living in New York on a 
journey to find the right man for herself. Guzmin- her 
doorman, doesn’t shy upon giving his expert opinions on the 
guy she dates and he is almost right all the time. We see that 
Guzmin has not approved of any man she has dated so far. 
The mystery is- how does Guzmin get to know? How is it that 
everytime he is absolutely right about his judgment and 
Maggie ends up breaking up with the guy?
So, Maggie ends up trying her best to make every man stay. 
She compromises on her needs and starts wondering if she 
could ever find love? What if nobody wanted to stay with her 
or be in love with her? What if something was wrong with 
her? Now, this is something we all can relate to.
After a certain turn of events Maggie focuses on her life, she 
focuses on herself and eventually moves to a different 
country on getting a great job offer.
Maggie comes back to the city with her partner she found in LA. 
Now it’s fun to watch the pressure she has on herself that this 
guy passes the Guzmin-test.
To her surprise he does. What was different about this guy? How 
did he gauge? Well, it was never about the guy. You see, Guzmin 
was never looking at the guys Maggie dated, he always looked 
at Maggie’s eyes, about how she felt around them, how she was 
treated, how comfortable did they make her feel around them.
Don't we forget that at times? Love becomes the goal, 
instead of a process. It becomes more about the partner and 
less about ourselves. We focus on seeking validation but 
neglect our needs. We invalidate our feelings and prioritize 
others’ needs over ours, forgetting the most important thing: 
One can only give you as much love as you give to yourself.
One can only give You as much love as 
you give to Yourself.
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