lizi
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ORIGINAL: Hammermp When mouse and I first met, I was an NCO in her squad and completed her introduction into the way “The real Army” works right as she got out of basic and AIT as a private. So, the whole NCO/soldier attitude and decorum shouldn’t be too hard to fall back into with a few twist. She wants my authority 24/7 (still not sure how well this will work) but I do want the wife I married to be able to talk to and bounce ideas off…ect. How do you other couples switch from talking to your sub… to talking to your wife?... Do you have like a “secret password” or something? Hammer Maybe it'll help to give you a little snapshot like Des did. My partner and I live apart. We email several times a day and call, we used to see each other once a week, but since i've been back in school it's been less since i need more time to study. When I'm out of school in about 1 1/2 years we're planning on having me move in. In my relationship we always talk the same to each other unless we're in bedroom talking dirty- no switches needed. We don't use titles, we're actually pretty boring, normal people. He's the boss, I'm the secretary. We consult each other regularly on every day things, and take what the other says into account. My kids and my school are my territory, and I have the final say on how things go there, although I may, and do, ask for advice. At the heart of things he leads and I follow. I am his most trusted confidant, and have his best interests at heart. It's my basic role to provide support for him to make decisions, I take it seriously. I speak up at any time that there is something he should know pertinent to the situation. What he does with that information is up to him. The pertinent information might be a weather forecast or it might be personal information such as I really dont want to go kayaking this weekend and would rather go hiking instead, or I'm starting to come down with a cold. I give him any and all information, he chooses, I abide by what his choice is. One more thing....I have promised to him complete transparency. I always tell him the truth. That is important information, he can't make good decisions without it. If I had a horrible day and really don't have much time to cook dinner I'll tell him, he may decide we're going out...or not. He got the information though and he 'll see where to go with it. It's up to him. This just played out this morning. Him: Wednesday looks better for you to come up, come up Wednesday instead of Tuesday, we'll have dinner with Mom, go to the gym together, and here is a link for an activity. I think we'll like this- it's a dog walk. We can meet some new people and walk the dog after we hit the gym. Would you like to do that? Me: Ok, we're on for Wednesday then. Dinner and the gym sound great, we can do the dog walk if you want. We should probably watch the weather and see how it looks during the day before we choose to go down for this walk or not. I'll throw my boots into the car before I leave just in case, don't forget to bring yours :) I'm not really chomping at the bit to do the dog walk thing, he's more the social butterfly than me, but you know, it makes him happy so sure I'll do it. If I sincerely didn't want to do it I'd have said, I promised never to lie and won't pull passive aggressive crap on him of doing things I say are ok but aren't and then being sullen. So he knows by my answer that I'm not crazy for it but I'm genuinely ok with it, and I'll go and be friendly and all that. All good stuff. It all falls within the agreements we've made with each other. We get to be who we want to be and get what we need from someone else. 2 sides of the same coin.
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