NihilusZero
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ORIGINAL: leadership527 I'm going have to disagree here Michael. I feel strongly that it is incumbent on the lover to love their partner in ways meaningful to them. Try as you might, you are never going to be able to feel "loved" in languages other than that which you need/want. Or, at least, I have never managed that. In my opinion, much as I'd always prefer to meet my partner in the middle, in this case, it just doesn't work out that way. We each meet on the other person's side *laughs*. Michael is right... we can learn to "Hear" that are partners are showing or expressing love. "Hearing" is not the same as feeling. However... in time you can evolve from just "Hearing" to "Feeling"... this is happening to me in my relationships. Quality Time in my past has never been a biggie.. but that has changed in the past few years. Secondly.. I do agree that it is incumbent upon all partners to make the effort to communicate effectively if you want the message to be understood. Part of that is communicating in a way that everyone understands what the message is. We can learn new languages... but only if we are willing to learn them. When we learn them... we will begin to feel the emotions that will come from the message as well. This is not immediate process... it takes time... but it does happen if you let it. There is a difference between trying to change ourselves to better interpret the ways of another (which, although terribly cute and endearing, is silly) and learning to understand the 'language' of another. To me, getting to that point of understanding specifically doesn't mean I morph myself into a creature that can be emotionally stimulated by things just because they do them (that would be a passive action anyway)....rather it brings me to a better understanding of what to show/do to them that is more in line with what I know they'll appreciate better (an active stance). I'm sorry...but no amount of adoration for my partner, if they love NKOTB, will make me happy to receive a CD of the band, if said partner gave it to me as a gift, just because it would 'mean a lot' to her and I should learn the 'language' of nausea-inducing boy-band music because it happens to please her aurally.
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