heavenly29 wrote:There are things in your post you are assuming I believe in and do which I do not.
They were implied, and I have seen them practiced by women who bandied about opinions just like yours. However, you are not them. So it is unfair for me to apply that to you.
heavenly29 wrote:I have never accussed a man of being emotionally distant if they dont rely on me, in fact I would hate for somebody to rely on me.
So what are you saying? That you're unreliable? And if you don't want someone to rely on you, do you fear intimacy or truly acting as a partner to someone else? This all ties into the paradoxical nature of women, but I'm curious as to your thoughts here.
heavenly29 wrote:I feel like I'm being knocked down a bit here purely due to the fact that I'm a confident girl who knows what she wants and isnt afraid to go for it. I treat my chap with the utmost of respect, and I expect the same from him.
Absolutely not. If I have been critical of your opinions (I can only speak for myself here, not the rest of the males on the forum) it has only been towards the insouciant and selfish attitude heavily implied by your statements of what you desire in conjunction with the bullet points (probably lifted from an email forward) that Dancing Mustard already took apart piece by piece. You call it being confident, but I'd probably use a different word.
I just think compromise and control of the self (not the other party) is essential to any relationship not doomed to failure, and the attitude implicitly expressed by your statements indicate an inflexible need for control, of the other person. Intended or not, that's what the statement communicates. And I am only referring to the statement, not to you as a person.