We Know Each Other Better Than We Know Ourselves | {THE AND} Claire & Stanley

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Claire (she/her) and Stanley (he/him) are fiancés. During their 7 years together, they have been able to turn every obstacle into an opportunity for growth and improvement. They still sometimes struggle to understand each other’s love language, but they manage to handle their issues as a couple through deep listening, patience, understanding, support, and an immense amount of love for one another. They have always been huge support pillars in each other’s lives, and they’re navigating through their individual conflicts relying on each other’s strength and unwavering commitment to their relationship. Claire and Stanley have cultivated a deep bond built on mutual respect and admiration. With patience, love, and a shared determination to overcome any obstacle, they continue to grow and evolve both individually and as a couple.

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | Topaz Adizes
CO-PRODUCER | Pulkit Datta
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY | Kat Hennessey
BTS/DIT | Nicholas D’Agostino
SECOND CAMERA | Ben Hallman
SOUND | Camille Coric
PA | Isabella Vizetta
EDITOR | Samanta Barbosa
WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF | Claire & Stanley

We Know Each Other Better Than We Know Ourselves | {THE AND} Claire & Stanley

All Comments (21)
  • i love this because she actually accepts the criticism in such a healthy way without any deflection. just two very emotionally mature people making human mistakes and learning how to navigate life and love
  • @naut_nigel
    Learning that their love exists even in Claire's insecurities has taught me so much about what it looks like to love someone who has those feelings.
  • @wanjiwanji
    This was so wholesome. I really enjoyed seeing what it's like to have a vulnerable conversation where each person is holding space for the other and really listening... the eye contact, the nodding, the little pauses to intentionally word their answers... so wonderful. I hope Claire finds her purpose and gets to be fulfilled in that way 💛 Wishing you all the best in your business too!
  • @dnd1007
    Glad she's open to hearing him, because neediness and taking others for granted are healthy relationship killers.
  • @user-om8mf4on5j
    It's so hard to be in that situation. My ex broke up with me over that. The slight neediness that comes along. It's so nice that he is kind enough to see it, and be ok with it. But also it's beautiful to have at times... Imagine for him the opposite, her and him being so busy on their purposes that they don't really feel intimacy or need at all. It's a tricky balance. It will shift on and off at times. Especially if someone is a team member supporting the other person big thing - which is also fair enough. Not all people need to have separate careers. But he is feeling burdened emotionally. Purpose comes and goes.
  • I swear that my ex knew me better than i know myself. He had a different vantage point of seeing, observing and getting to know me.
  • @ndiannelo2307
    I get weird vibes from this, she seems like a very good person that is capable of taking criticism and not deflecting but owning it, he seems irritable, resentful, he talks of her insecurities a lot, seems to me and i might be wrong of course, but he does not want to have her involved in whatever he is doing, he acts like she annoys him, she clearly has need that he dismisses because of "all of the OTHER things that he does" he doesnt help around the house based on what he said himself, BUT he provides so hes off the hook and she's indebted. He was harsh on her and its hard to see why!
  • @user-om8mf4on5j
    BUT he's also doing the business for himself!!! He needs to acknowledge that. He might be an employee or do something else. But part of him is doing that business for himself. Not JUST to provide for her
  • @user-om8mf4on5j
    Well then that's enough, if all he sees is the amazing person, then there shouldn't be any question she is amazing. What else should she have to do. Sometimes when I look at my insecurities they have just been in vulnerability with a partner (they're not actually there), or they've been in a hard time when I couldn't get work, or they have been an old word that someone said to me with my weight as a kid. They never lasted. Sometimes insecurity is just fear. It's not insecurity, it's a beautiful vulnerability towards life, and a level of introversion in a competitive world. It's very very normal.
  • @jnnfr3337
    They are such a beautiful couple full of so much love. I love how honest they are with each other and how receptive. Even in her criticisms, he is filled with so much love. I wish them the absolute best. And he is correct - she is beautiful and talented and so honest with herself and empathetic.
  • @kiwixoxo371
    I would love to see a video on an age gap relationship as I am currently talking to someone and I would like to see how do they effectively navigate life within their relationship.
  • @whitneybrown4067
    This is Gonna b so Lovely🔥🔥🔥👍n Happy Wednesday😀….
  • @jdeniseu
    This was definitely a hard one to watch.. all of the other ones I smiled or cried but this one was just like ouch..
  • @jehanzebz
    The human soul consists of feminine and masculine aspects, and their harmonious integration requires something that transcends both, and that something is a relation to the Divine. When we begin this journey or this dance of inner union then we get a better sense of who we are, and so we connect with others more deeply, more fully, more securely, with clarity, and with a sense of independence. To have a deep connection with our self is to understand what is essential and universal in humans, and so it results in understanding others better. Claire feels out of touch with herself not because she’s ignorant, but because she is intelligent. She recognizes more depth in herself but she cannot access it. At the same time, it seems like she has been supporting Stanley through his challenges with a certain amount of silence and unrelieved patience, maybe afraid to express herself to Stanley and even being unclear of what she really feels. Maybe the wish to protect him makes her more cautious in experiencing herself freely. I’m speculating here about something quite delicate, but I’m doing so because I think they could grow by exploring faith if they haven’t, which is definitely about a religious worldview and practise, but first and foremost it is about opening oneself to Divine grace by speaking to the Divine. This practise of prayer should be done in short and regular sessions of isolation, in a conducive environment for inner focus (maybe a quiet spot in nature). Along with this practise, have disciplined sessions, again short, where you read and think about religions, and even keep a journal. Such prayer and contemplative study are in a sense the feminine and masculine poles of self-illumination. The feminine will guide the masculine—the prayer will guide the contemplation. What I’m speaking about is fundamentally opposed to New Age sort of deceptive “spirituality”. This is a path towards rigorous and dynamic religious orthodoxy with an inner vitality. It is the universal and timeless tradition of humanity. It is a cup that will receive real wine. Finally, our particular temperaments and vocation become clearer as we connect with what is universal in our nature. In fact, this is what it means to be original. It is to be rooted in our origin, which is within. We are all unique artists with unique genius, and our outward flourishing is precisely the “beauty” that is the expression of our inward attachment to “truth”. As the ancient principle states, “beauty is the splendour of truth” (pulchritudo splendor veritatis).