lilcracker
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About squashing jelousy.....I've learned it can not truly be squashed at least not for me. But having security in myself, eases it because being secure in myself, I find security in my relationships. With that said, sometimes the green eyed monster appears for whatever reason and I simply admit that it's there. I tell my partner, when I experience jealousy. Most of the time, I laugh when I admit it, but admitting it relieves me of the feeling. I never hide it, never beat around the bush, never hold it in, I just let it out....for me it helps. Admitting it gives me security....and it strengthens our trust. He can trust me to let him see my negative feelings as well as my positive ones, I get trust in return because he takes my feelings into consideration. And personally, if my partner had a friendship with another woman, unless I knew her personally, I would not call her, or email her. I'd simply trust that he could handle it...if she was trying to rekindle things, I would trust him to SQUASH it. For me, if I emailed her or called her without personally being introduced, I'd feel like I was trying real hard to NOT show my jealousy and being cool with their friendship even though I might not be. I agree with Osie and if I were the friend, I'd personally ignore emails or phone calls, unless of course we'd been properly introduced. As a matter of fact, I have a former Dom who I am very close to. He lives nearby and we do on occasion get together to chill as friends, we break bread together, hang out watch a movie or whatever. If his current submissive emailed me, I'd ignore it perhaps say something to him about it because I would feel like it was drama waiting to happen...but personally he is one of my best friends and I do on occasion ask him for advice about things, and there have been times, that I really needed him for something and because he is my good friend, I know he would move heaven and earth to do for me if I needed him. He is really like family to me. And frankly, I'd think it silly for anyone to be jealous of our friendship. There is never any ill intentions with our friendship....we are NOT together as a couple for a reason but we both embrace our friendship and that is as far as it will ever go.
< Message edited by lilcracker -- 8/6/2012 7:26:24 PM >
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