At the onset, this might not always be completely obvious.

One person may project a sense of intense confidence and self-assuredness.

The other may be more forthcoming about their own insecurities.

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In other cases, they both meet somewhere in the middle.

Its part of the magic click that makes you feel so understood, so seen, and so comfortable.

Self-esteem isnt just the way we see ourselves, its the way we interact with the world.

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Its also the bedrock of our closest relationships.

However, this starts to go south when egos collide.

Love is a complex map of expectations, conditioning, hormones and physical appeal.

Compatibility is the way in which two people can or cannot make their lives coexist as one.

This is where self-esteem starts to really become important.

Usually, people who both feel somewhat like outcasts are attracted to one another.

Or people who feel like loners.

Or people who lack direction.

Or people who are ambitious.

Or people who are unsure.

Or people who desire acceptance.

The point is that you always have to do your own inner work first.