WhiplashSmile2 -> RE: Game Playing, Lies, Truth, D/s and lessons learned. (10/19/2008 9:08:20 PM)
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ORIGINAL: WhiplashSmile2 One of the facets I was expressing here, is what if you were involved with somebody for a matter of months and they were less then honest with you. Where you had already made an emotional connection and placed an investment of yourself into, then what? Is it so easy to, block, ignore and delete such a person from your life without asking the question why first? Knew a gal for two years online... finally we meet, we get involved... an then I find out all the things she had been less than honest about.... like the fact she couldn't really play violin... her talent at singing was debateable... her literary talent wasn't as advertised... and despite finding out she had formerly been a prostitute, she wasn't all that great in bed and had almost no talent for giving a blow job. I had to teach her to cook & clean house neither of which she was particularly good at. Then there were her fantasies and obsessions about being degraded and humiliated in distinctly unhealthy ways... There's more but you get the point. I tried for about six months to sort things out in the middle of one of the most stressful times of my life... and admittedly in part because I was too stressed out otherwise to really deal with the situation... so I ignored it, used her and six months later kicked her out. And no... I didn't ask why. I know her well enough I probably can guess why... I just don't care. With the speed she moved in with someone else, apparently she didn't care either. The whole situation sucks... and what's worse its not an isolated case... I've been fooled before and its entirely possible it could happen again. But I've realized that a big part of why I was fooled was because I was seeing what I wanted to see, rather than what was there. So I've become meaner, more aggressive, more of an asshole (not that I was a saint to begin with, but for the most part I've always been a "nice guy")... but its really about trying to cut out the emotional crap that blinds me to the truth... so I don't get fooled again. You asked a question... why did they do this? Maybe the better question is... why did you believe them? I think LA must have been onto something with the Whole reference about The Who songs. Such as "Won't get fooled again". It's true that we want to see what we want to see at times. At times when we want to see the good in somebody we see it, if we really want to see the bad in somebody we will see just that. Both cases, it's anything but the reality or truth of the matter. I've done it where I wanted to see the good in somebody, wanting to believe things were good when it was not, wanting to believe things were or would change. That everything would work out. Turning a blind eye to the ugly truth, then in the end turning around and blaming them, for me turning a blind eye to the reality. I had a heaven and hell relationship with somebody, she was literally my best friend and worst enemy. Normally we are our own worse enemies, however she had me beat even. I was constantly trying to prove myself, validate my Dominant role, and being tested left and right. No matter what I did, it was never good enough or right enough. That was one of the buttons that she was pushing and counting on. Somebody made a post about being constantly challeged and tested. I went through this crap once before, never again, never again... not to those levels. I don't mind a little testing at moments, however, it was pushing me past my own limits. In fact, she was pushing me to literally engage in verbal humilation for real in the middle of disagreements, she wanted me to take and use force sex as the solution to fights or disagreements. It was pushing me into directions that I did not want to go in. If anything it pushed me to maintain greater self-control. In the end, I was worn out, exhausted. I had tried, I had done everything in the book. My only sanity was grounding myself in my past good relationships in thought for awhile, about how much different and more positive they had been. Admitting to myself that the relationship I was in was unhealthy, that there was no way in hell, that there was any way in Hell my actions alone would change anything. She was looking for somebody, that I was not. I finally ended it for good. She then found what she was looking for and realize it was not what she really wanted. She found that asshole control freak type that would drop her to her names, and treat her like shit. I got a phone call from her about how I never treated her like that, and how aweful this guy was. Hey, not my mistake! Her choice, her actions, her bullshit. The fact remains, that it changed nothing about what had happened. I was no longer blind to it all, and I was not ready to go back. I had to shut her completely out of my life. The same thing as Block, Ingore and delete them from my life. Kinky sex, and playing out D/s for a few weeks then having it majorly tested for a whole week afterwards to crazy off the wall limits is not my idea of fun. It was a rollarcoaster ride, Up and Down. When it was Good it was Amazing when it was Bad is was living hell. I'm equally responsible for it's effects upon me as she was. Because I was turning a blind eye to things and seeing what I wanted to see. Spent four and a half years dealing with a Heaven and Hell relationship. It took a toll on me. Part of the reason why I refer to myself as having dented up, dingy, dirty armor. I'm not a white knight, I'm not all that clean. I have tried to fight the good fight before to prove myself, pfffffffffffffftttt... I'm a little tired of fighting and having to prove myself repeatedly over and over again. I want and need some peace of mind in life. I'd rather be single and alone compared to going through this again. Then again, I'm responsible in part for not having broken it off sooner. I'm responsible for having seen what I only wanted to see. I swear some relationships need to be looked at like having "no fault" insurance coverage, where it really does not matter who is to blame, because if it's not right, it's simply not right. The thing is such, that for the longest time, I myself have not said to myself, self you are responsible to yourself for the pain and suffering you caused yourself for having turned a blind eye. I'm glad to see such an honest post from you Padriag. There are limits we need to have when dealing with the Games and lies that we put up with or even attempt to understand. My last relationship I found myself confronted with similar issues, I had a choice to turn a blind eye and see what I wanted to see, or see the reality of the ugly truth. I made the choice to see the truth, and end it. I realized there was a limitation to what I could humanly do and deal with. I really could not see myself sticking it out with somebody who got drunk, would blackout and get crazy violent and angry when they were drinking. She's one of those people that should not even drink at all. It's something that would only drag me down in the end. I'm sorry, my armor is already beat to hell and well... I want to keep what I have left of it for a good fight that is actually a right fight to be in. I'm sorry, but somebody best better be damn well worth my remaining armour for the condition it is in. LOL... Oh lord... Some is probally reading this thread shaking their head, or laughing their ass off at me. Guess what, I'm standing there right besides you doing the same at myself right now. I'm laughing my ass off at myself and shaking my head in disbelief. As I have openly expressed before, I have no problems with BDSM and Kink. In fact that's really easy and natural for me. If anything I have had to face issues in the relationship department in general. Talking about flogging techniques, bondage styles, humilation ideas, and how to use a sub/slave for personal pleasure, really bores me at times, because I have that shit down pretty damn pat. Talking about Relationships and D/s relationships and things related in that area, really is where I have the most to gain. Even more so if it makes me a better person and a better Dominant. I don't mean better at being Dominanting over somebody either.
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