batshalom -> RE: did it really kill the cat? (8/11/2008 1:32:29 PM)
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~fast reply~ I'm with Taggard - there's something deeper. If it's eating at you enough to ask us, and if you feel compelled to disclose timelines and such, then it's a bee in your bonnet that isn't going to fly away by itself. If you don't act on your desire to have his surname then it will become ammunition. "He wants me to do X but won't give me his name, He expects Y of me but won't give me his name." Poison. Express your worries to him, tell him that his name is important to you, hear him out when he replies, then make a clear-headed decision when it's time to make a decision. For the life of the party, though, don't expect him to change and don't expect yourself to change (if you decide to take "no" for an answer regarding his name, it might work for you for a time, but that poison is sneaky and will rebound on you eventually). It will only lead to a waste-of-time power struggle if you aren't honest with him and honest with yourself.
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