JeffBC -> RE: new to this and have some questions (3/25/2012 11:26:02 AM)
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ORIGINAL: youngdom25 I'm just new and need the advice of those more experienced than I. No you don't. That's my advice... you don't need any advice. Seriously, how could I help you any? I'm not there. I don't know you. I don't know the woman. What I do know is that it sounds like you two are managing just fine all by yourselves. But yes, as others have said, I had to go through the "decent guys don't" line of thinking too. For me it was, "By what right do I take ownership of my wife, expect her to obey, and make changes to her psyche?" For me, the problem I was facing down was enslaving a human being -- not in the sense of kinky dating but rather in the sense of "she belongs to me now". Honestly, good people just DON'T do that. For my own self. the answer to "by what right?" was, "because I can." I don't need any "right" to do what I do with Carol. It is self-justifying. That led me to the real question... but am I doing a good thing? The answer to that cannot be found in dominance or leadership. Those are just tools. In the end, they are good if you turn them to good ends and they are evil otherwise. I just feel like a dick when I try to be firm and dominant But are you BEING a dick? That is the question. The commands that you are giving... are they good commands or are they the commands of a dick? The commands themselves are neutral. For me, the commands I give enrich our marriage. Sometimes they are selfish. Sometimes they are giving. But always, they are intended to enrich our marriage. Carol would fully agree with that assertion. THAT is what saves me from "being a dick." I hope any of that helped.
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