Vancouver_cinful -> RE: 25 lbs? (5/1/2007 1:57:29 PM)
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ORIGINAL: GeekyGirl It's one thing to say "I think you should try to eat healthier and exercise to benefit your health and appearance." It's quite another to place a demand like this on something as important as marriage. I agree. I happily began a campaign for a healthier lifestyle 3 years ago on the direction of my dominant at the time. We broke up a month later, but it's been 3 years, and I'm fitter and healthier than I have ever been because of what I began then. Down several dress sizes as a happy side effect from lifestyle changes. (Now I'm helping him change his bad eating habits as a friend and play partner.) I will always adore him for this motivation. However, I don't think it should EVER be a condition of "I'll only love you if...". There are other motivators that are effective, and personally I consider withholding love (in the form of marriage or relationship) to be abuse not motivation. A much healthier way for a dom/me to go about this is for both partners to enter into a fitness and healthy eating routine together. It's not about weight loss really, it's about health, and most of us can benefit from that, even people who are at their ideal weight. Throw in some consequences and rewards, and you have a positive, no-fail situation that helps both partners, keeps up the D/s dynamic, and no one feels that they are risking being "un-loved".
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