Is that how you treated her?I would want her to tell me that I shouldn't do something (to a reasonable extent, obviously) if it's upsetting her. I told her that if she did it again, we could not be in a relationship. That might be an ultimatum, but it's not a hostile one or a threat; I was just telling her how it was, and if she didn't like it then we were both better off if she broke up with me and i made her know that.
Sounds fair of you :shock:
You know your limits, obviously. Now to get you to tolerate others' limits
She's probably packing right now. You'll be fine.
Is that how you treated her?
Sorry ML...on this I disagree...(you're assuming he "asked" when he clearly stated he "told" her)....he has no right to tell her how to act at any given time or what she can and can not do....but he does have the right to ask her not to do something... What she does is then on her. Just saying.
If someone I was dating told me not to do "anything or else"...I'd find another ride home.
And I going to assume (oh bad on my part, I know) that she was that way when you met her...and all of a sudden now because you're exclusive it's a bad trait? You're trying to change one of the very things that attracted you to her in the first place...*again assumption on my part.Maybe I'm misinterpreting your post but...
I'm a great guy. I have a bright, successful future ahead of me. I have a solid head on my shoulders. I can say with no ego that I am a catch for a girl. No, I don't have the best body or the biggest cock, but I'm personable, funny, most likely going to be very successful, etc. For me to be all those things and be exclusive to her, I deserve the same in return. I don't know why so many people always have it in their heads that "the guy should thank his lucky stars that a girl is with him". It's a two way street. If she's disrespecting me by kissing other men on the mouth, I'll tell her. And she will shape up, because she knows all of the above.
Sweet...we said the same thing only different...I need to get new glasses.:wink:nah.. before ignore i read enough of the OP to know he meant TOLD.
i said a person had a right to let a person know they are upset, to me the next step after telling someone i am upset is asking someone to tone down the behavior. :redface: i don't expect them to follow through. i just hope they would.
i said he's got no right tell her what to do.. pitching a fit is throwing down ultimatums and demanding her to change to suit his needs/coddle his insecurities.
if she is happy with her behavior and sees no harm in what she's doing.. the responsibility of what to do switches back to bitchy dude.. leave or learn to live with it.
we is in total agreement :smile:
:banghead2:Maybe I'm misinterpreting your post but...
I'm a great guy. I have a bright, successful future ahead of me. I have a solid head on my shoulders. I can say with no ego that I am a catch for a girl. No, I don't have the best body or the biggest cock, but I'm personable, funny, most likely going to be very successful, etc. For me to be all those things and be exclusive to her, I deserve the same in return. I don't know why so many people always have it in their heads that "the guy should thank his lucky stars that a girl is with him". It's a two way street. If she's disrespecting me by kissing other men on the mouth, I'll tell her. And she will shape up, because she knows all of the above.
And I going to assume (oh bad on my part, I know) that she was that way when you met her...and all of a sudden now because you're exclusive it's a bad trait? You're trying to change one of the very things that attracted you to her in the first place...*again assumption on my part.
... the giving and receiving are not equivalent ...
this.
in my one and only long-term relationship i didn't even noticed this until it become really enormous. but once i did, i was kind of like awakening. i looked back and i started to realize the effort i've put into our relationship was at least five times bigger the effort she put it. i just didn't see it because i was in love. anyway, the moment my eyes opened, it was the end of our relationship
but it gets better!Oh. My. God.
I couldn't listen to the whole thing. I just couldn't. The title really does say it all...
So you admit that you're trying to change her into what you "think" she should be. Good luck with that.She was single when I met her, that's the difference. Some things are appropriate when you're single that aren't when you're in an exclusive relationship, and she had to learn that.
So you admit that you're trying to change her into what you "think" she should be. Good luck with that.
Rhetorical questions...
Why do people always want to change the very thing that attracted them to someone in the first place?
And why do they think they have the right to?
but it gets better!
seriously, listen to the end
but it gets better!
seriously, listen to the end