What would cause someone to habitually sabotage budding relationships

>>18632070
You fear commitment.

>>18632070
Think about your mom. If the first thing that comes to your mind isnt overwhelmingly positive you could benefit from therapy. Congrats, go waste time on another board because this is the only answer you're going to get that you can implement into your life and fix this problem.

>>18632083
I love my mom but the first thought that comes to mind when I think of her is a nagging, miserable, hypercritical woman because that's what she was when I was growing up. She's not that person anymore but it's hard to shake the impression.

>>18632070
There's been several studies over the 2000s that found men and women have different criteria for what constitutes relationships and friendships with the opposite sex, especially platonic, and that they place different levels of value on them. Resulting in similar issues where multiple cultures in one community have communication errors.