OmegaG
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ORIGINAL: slaveluci quote:
ORIGINAL: OmegaG A compatible partner won't need you to give up anything. I gave up nothing and was never asked to give up anything in this relationship. When I've been in a relationship that has required change, I changed the partner I was with. Well, I see your point but I have to say this isn't an absolute for me. Master and I were/are extremely compatible but in order to be with Him fulltime and permanently, I had to move 800 miles south. This required "giving up" some things. I gave up living close to my best friend, mother, brother, sister and their families. I gave up my job as a library director. I gave up living in the mountains of West Virginia. I gave up living alone in my own space just as I wanted it. I didn't see it as "losing" things though. I gave up alot but I gained alot in exchange. I maintain a close relationship with my friend and family and former coworkers. I got a better, better paying job with lots of chance for advancement. I no longer live in the country but I moved to a city with lots to offer and so much to do and enjoy. And, best of all, I get to be with Him all the time. Being His required change but that doesn't have to be a dirty word or a bad thing. If I lost alot and gained nothing, that's "bad" change. Exchanging one set of good things for another is "good" change and that's what I accepted in order to be with Him. So, therefore, I have to disagree with your statement that "a compatible partner won't need you to give up anything." If I had changed partners because "change" was required in my life, I'd have lost the best Man I've ever known. Nah. Change ain't so bad luci It may be sematics, but I don't see change quite the same as giving up. I thrive on change and yes, I quit a job and moved for this relationship however, I was already thinking about changing and he just gave me direction. I've been rock bottom in my life jobless and homeless with small kids at one point. At another point a lost an entire storage shed of stuff. Jobs, homes, stuff, that isn't me and changing from one to another isn't giving anything up, it's simply life experiences. And in a broader sense, for every decision you make, you give up other oppurtunities, so yeah, it's all sematics and perception, I think.
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Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. Sydney J. Harris Sex without pain is like food without taste. - de Sade
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