Daddysredhead
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Joined: 11/6/2005 From: Northern (yet still part of the South) Virginia Status: offline
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FR: Strangely enough, my ex husband found the "submissive/passive" quality in women from his culture (Indian/Asian) to be incredibly annoying. He didn't like the way the women he knew to be very accommodating and have little opinion that they would freely voice. (In his culture, the women are certainly able to - and some do - voice their opinions very strongly, without any of the preconceived notions of what the consequence of doing that will be, because there are none.) When we met, I was 21, very outspoken, and very controlling. He liked that... for a while. After being married to a "drill sargeant" for many years, he didn't like it very much. I also didn't like being the "decision maker" all the time. So, what drew us together, eventually drove us apart. My ex can't wrap his head around the change in me now. He asks me at times, "Do you ever go nuts on [DB] the way you used to with me?" I smile and say, "No, never." He asks what made the change. I answer honestly, "I'm not the same person at 40 I was at 20. And also... [DB] would never put up with that shit."
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