marie2
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Joined: 11/4/2008 From: Jersey Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: juliaoceania Switch woman with man in your post, and you can see the flaw in it A woman, likewise, should not let a man define her character... otherwise she is dickified This is where my brain went with it too. This reminds me of a guy friend of mine, whom I've known since grade school. His wife is the controlling sort....the term "she wears the pants" comes to mind. And he follows her lead and goes with whatever she thinks is best as far as making decisions etc. I don't think they are bdsm-oriented, this just seems to be the dynamic that works for them. They love each other dearly, and that is very clear, and they both seem happy with the arrangement. If he was unhappy, and didn't have the balls to stand up to her, I'd say, yeah...that's a wimpy pussified guy. But they are happy and are in a groove that works for them. If you reversed the sexes in this marriage (or any other type of partnership, bdsm or otherwise) and he was the decision maker and more of the leader, while the wife followed along, would we be railing on the wife for being weak? I'm not saying there aren't wimpy people in relationships (male and female) who just don't have the balls to do/say what they want, but that's another story. If something works for a couple and they want and like one being the leader and one being the follower, there is no reason to see the man as pussified if he happens to be the "follower".
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