BeingChewsie
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I think you hit on someting for a good many people it would be work to micromanage someone all the time and in our househld things are so ingrained that it doesn't look like micro-management nor does it tax him at all..if it did I'd be gone..so fast my head would spin. Everything in my life is decided by him but over the years he has put in place parameters in which I operate from...any choice I make within the parameters is OK( and I no longer stress over them)...like if I have bacon and eggs or just eggs and a fruit for breakfast...either is OK because both are on my allowed food list.. When it comes to restaurants, movies etc my owner is very clear about what he wants all the time, it is never a situation of just pick something because he wants to make sure that things are the way -he-wants them..exactly all the time. So any movie or any restaurant would never be OK with him. With R the movie would always matter, he wouldn't want to have to sit through something I wanted if he wasn't interested in it..so I don't even to ask that stuff. He would not want to go to a restaurant I wanted if he didn't want that type of food that night, so our personalities really do blend well. I'm happy with it being all about him and not having to ever guess or make the decision about what I'd like to do or what he'd like to do. To many sensory inputs, too many choices, too many ideas at once feel like chaos to me. I'm lucky the managing of me isn't tiring to him, he manages people all day long in his various companies and projects, I'm probably the easiest out of all of them, because I *want* to comply and have no choice otherwise...his employees and business partners are a much different thing and are much more taxing on him than I could ever be. quote:
ORIGINAL: gypsygrl I'm trying to figure out how my example and Beingchewsie's comment are entwined. I do, sometimes, think I want to be micromanaged because its nice and safe and I don't have to wonder whats going on in the other persons head so it relieves me of a lot of anxiety. But, micromanaging would be a lot of work for the other person, and suffocating for me in the long run (something I've found out from experience) so I don't seek it out. Instead, when I'm feeling excessively anxious, I try to ask for clarification or reassurance. If I were told to order a movie I'd probably ask if it mattered which movie I ordered. I have had to deal with people who gave vague orders that left a lot of room for interpretation then took issue with my specific interpretations, so I am in the habit of checking a vague order before acting. The issue for me is staying focused on what's actually being said rather than what's going on in my head. Some days this is easier than others.
< Message edited by BeingChewsie -- 3/15/2007 2:47:55 PM >
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