What happens if a man is not emotionally supportive?

if a man or a woman is the emotionally unsupportive type, they become the old person down the street, living alone and angry at the world.

I could not be with him.

How can you tell if he is not emotionally supportive. Men show thier support on the outside and women try to read thier emotions. Most guys have simple basic emotions and we react simply.
You cry or get upset, we might hug you till you stop. We hope you will stop soon your getting the shirt wet and snotty.
If you are mad, we back away give you your room and sometimes the whole room or house.
We sometimes just do not understand and can not relate and have no clue what to do, so instead of doing the most wrong thing, we do nothing.
If you want to know if a man is supportive of you, ask him. Men are really very basic espeacially when it comes to emotional stuff.

Bye-bye...

gotta go...the sooner, the better.

He'll have to compensate by making a damned good living.

Men and women are different. We both have our individual strengths and weaknesses. We should be complements to each other. So many people can not see that we don't always have to possess the same ways of dealing with things as our loved ones. Men cannot think logically and emotionally at the same time, whereas women can. If you have a problem, your man will offer a solution, when sometimes all that you will require is a bit of empathy and emotional support. Similarly, if you fuss over your man and get over emotional, this will put him off. A man likes to feel that he is in control. Emotion is something which threatens this. When you are emotional, you are not in control of yourself. The best people to go to for support are other women. They will know how you feel and will be able to give to the sympathy you are looking for. During the times of tribal living, women stayed together and supported each other, while men went out to hunt. Women were proud of their men when they returned with food and thus men felt proud, useful and in control of being able to provide for their families. We've evolved so much now that our roles have changed faster than we are able to adapt. People can be emotionally supportive to each other if they understand what will make the other person feel good and try to carry out the things they need in order to feel suppoted. Now a days it is much more important to communicate with each other. This is what every marriage guidance counsellor will facilitate if you go to them. They will ask both of you to listen to how the other person feels. You've got to ask yourself, 'Am I listening to what my partner wants, or am I just demanding what I want?' You always get back what you give out.

I don't know, maybe he will be alone or maybe he will find someone who is like him and they will be suited to each other.

he don't get my hoo ha tonite

I honestly don't think I'd be able to stay with someone if they weren't emotionally supportive. Yeah it's great when they help you out financially and they do things for you, but if I don't feel like I trust or respect my partner, or that they're going to be there for me when I need them the most, then I'm probably going to get upset, or resentful, or a variety of other negative emotions.

I almost think it's a pre-requisite for being in a relationship. I have a boyfriend now who is absolutely amazing and is a wonderful man, and yes he is very emotionally supportive. I don't know if it's because he's a little more "feminine" than other men, or if lots of men are like that, but either way I'm happy he's like that. I wouldn't be where I am today without him.

And I of course return the emotional support when I can. :) It's part of a give-and-take relationship.

Given that you're female and that the man in question is your boyfriend/husband, I should warn you that he probably has NO CLUE what you mean by "emotional support".

Don't focus on his feelings, real or imagined. You'll get nowhere fast. Focus on his words and deeds instead.

Make it absolutely crystal clear to him what you want him to SAY and DO in the future that he is not currently SAYING and DOING.

Then you might get somewhere. Good luck.