Lockit -> RE: Waiting out the Anger/Frustration (7/9/2007 3:37:44 PM)
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Hello Linda, I think a lot depends on the relationship itself. If you have made a decision and the submissive keeps trying to find fault, lay blame and in some ways displays manipulation to get what they want, it complicates things. The first offense becomes other offenses and everything gets cloudy at times. If you know that you made the right decision on how to handle something and you have heard them out and still feel you were correct in what you did... then that should be final. Someone has to stop the cycle and that someone will have to be the dominant or the whole structure of the dynamics is messed up. Proving all you know it proves. There is nothing wrong and everything right with hearing your submissive out... but then it should be left in your hands or control as agreed upon in the relationship. After you have made clear your stand and have realistically heard your submissive and have given a balanced resolution... and they don't accept it... well there isn't much more you can do but put a stop to it somehow. I think sometimes we get caught up in the fact that someone is new and we don't wish to harm them and such... but we have to realistically look at the situation and put the blame or credit where each are due. We cannot own someone else's emotional problems. We can try to temper them, guide and assist, but if they are not listening... nothing will work. Sometimes you have to let them walk their life as they will and know you did your best at the time and hope that one day they will understand whatever it is that you had to do. Personally I don't take passive aggressive manipulation very well. I have a very low tolerance for it and will not put up with the drama in my life. I consider myself very fair and very open and if I have seen a pattern of this kind of behavior, I nip it in the bud early on or walk away. And walking away does not mean constant emails, calls, begging and manipulative guilt methods of trying to convince me of anything different. At that point... they are on their own in their newness and life lessons... Who has time for that? I think you have done all you can to handle this well and even if mistakes were made, you have done all you can to make things work out for the best. Good luck!
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