DaddySatyr
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Joined: 8/29/2011 From: Pittston, Pennsyltucky Status: offline
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I'd like to focus on just one part: quote:
ORIGINAL: SwitchBloke My partner is dominant and won't ask me any questions. Just doesn't seem interested, and I feel bad volunteering stuff because it either comes out wrong or I only tell half of the truth... the half that isn't difficult to say. I feel like he lacks interest in me, that if he really cared he'd be pushing me for information, that he'd not be going "ok" to the few deep things I told him about my past that are very difficult for me to discuss, like abuse and stuff, and then the next moment acting like I'd just told him the sun is out outside. I am going to speak bluntly but I assure you, it is with the best of intentions. There are people that will tell you that not sharing the whole truth is not being dishonest. I don't hold that opinion. If you hold back - especially with someone who is supposed to be your partner in life - you're as responsible for some of the issues in your relationship as they are for not seeming "concerned" or "interested". This is something that I have gone through in some of my relationships. I always encourage frank and open discussions because it is the only way to disallow things to fester. You don't want concerns to turn into mushrooms. You want to stop shoveling shit on top of them and beam some light onto them. Is your reluctance because you feel like you'd be "bothering" or "pestering" your partner? Do you think that things that concern you would seem trivial to them? Is the importance of those issues to you the part that you are holding back? I'm not asking you to answer these things publicly; just give them a thought. In my experience, there have been ladies that I just don't care enough about to get into all the minutia. Those relationships don't last long because if I cared about her, I would care about "what makes her tick". Several times, I have had to say: "Why didn't you come to me with this sooner?" Almost invariably, the answer has been: "I didn't want to bother you" or "I didn't want to lay that on you while you're dealing with ..." Quite frankly, that's crap. Life will always throw curveballs at us and part of being in a relationship is to have someone to share the load when we're at our wits' end. Also, personally, when I'm trapped under a mountain of my own shit, I actually enjoy getting away from it to help someone that I care about with what's going on with them. Plus, working on a relationship is a two way street and if I care to keep my partner in my life, I have to make sure that her wants and needs - physically, emotionally, and intimately as well as sexually - are being taken care of. Good luck, Michael
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