Jeptha -> RE: Jealous Owners? (3/8/2009 7:39:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: HeavansKeeper Jeptha, I see insecurity as a chink in the armor. The armor is the relationship and the chink is a lack of trust. It can be a small chink, and it can be in an area which doesn't matter, but it's still there. I understand no construct is perfect, but I hammer out these flaws wherever I can. I suppose I'm insecure about my insecurities? Ha, maybe! ...Or could owning up to the insecurity be one way to hammer out the flaw? Now, I'm not talking about, or advocating becoming a control freak. I've never actually read a partner's e-mails, for example. (I might make the first exception if my partner were a sub with a profile on this site, however...) I don't seek "eternity" with my "soul mate" when I go into a relationship. My average relationship seems to last about 1 or 2 years, give or take. It's not a rule, it's just an observation. Though I feel I'm improving at being in relationships, still, I don't feel a need to change radically because I'm pretty happy. I try to be up front about that stuff. Now, that doesn't mean I don't get attached. I do, sometimes very strongly. Do you sense an implicit tension there, right away? Add to that that I'm often attracted to people who are great people, but also sometimes stubborn and independent, dreamers, etc. I feel secure about things within my control. And I feel secure about my world in general: I think the universe is miraculous and abundant, people basically have good intentions, that I will be alright, etc. I could probably survive in the desert with a jack-knife and a tincan... (-meant to be more metaphorical than literal.) But when it comes to other people and circumstances, those are things outside of our control. We influence our environment, sure, but to some degree we have to accept that whatever happens happens. I get what you are saying about "trust". I trust my partner, too. However (and this could just be that we are attracted to different kinds of people) my trust is in my partner to be honest with me, whether it's about insecurities or being attracted to someone else, or whatever else happens. Maybe it's a difference in our basic views of humanity. I see 'em as reliable (and trustworthy) ...but still malleable... still changing...hopefully still growing. I don't see it as a bad thing, though. I see it as a good thing and I want to encourage it. But it's possible that one day maybe that growth will take them in a direction away from me. I don't ask that a partner bind themselves to me except purely by their own volition and their desire to be there. It's great, because when they are there, I know they've chosen to be there. And I have a lot of faith (trust) in that. However, the other side of that coin is that they are free to leave at any time...
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