4. He wants to maintain a different persona in front of his guy friends.
A man in his late 20s declared, “I have my tough guy image established in public, and I want to keep it that way. I don’t want people to know that I bend over backwards for her.” Another man in his early 20s told us, “Everyone thinks I’m cool. I don’t want to reveal that I’m actually helpless and rely on my girlfriend. That would be devastating.” There’s a huge gap between his public and private personalities, and he tries to maintain two separate characters. If you notice that he’s trying to put a show on in public, be an adult and go along with his act.