On 2023-11-16 09:49:25 J_J said:
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Went downstairs, cooked some food, fed the kids and the dogs, washed the dishes...
Wife came home while I was cleaning the kitchen. At that stage impressed by how well she trained her husband, but that didn't last long...
Off topic but I remember the time doing all the that while the wife went out with friends. Just before divorce. Just saying.
Losing yourself and letting the wife wear the pants may sound fairytale and what society "says" it right and good but it's a recipe for disaster. Never again!
To put it in perspective, the ex's desire was waning. I started doing everything, all that, whatever she asked and more to make it better but it only made it worse because she just wanted more, basically for me to do and pay for every single while she just lived large and went out for suppers and parties with her friends. Now back story is the first 5 years I did whatever I wanted, she just tagged along and enjoyed the benefits and she of a better life I lived while she did all the traditional wife things like all the cooking, cleaning organising and life was great. With the ring and a child, I lost myself and gave her authority and started doing all the things her friends husbands were doing and what society made sound right. The more I conformed, the more I lost her.
Skip to today! I got trophy perfect 10 girlfriend, body and looks, great sex everyday for hours. So the natural instinct was I wanna keep her and do everything to make her happy, cook one in a while, help with house work etc. Then the requests started. How about doing more? How about cooking twice a week and working towards 50/50 since her father used to do most of the cooking and cleaning etcvsnd that's what she knows. At first I tried but the requests got more. See the pattern. However, it didn't take me long to get my head right and realise that I was gonna lose myself again. I decided I didn't want to do or become that person. I mean my father never touched the stove a day in his life to date for nearly 70 years and has a collection of chicks my age seeing to him. Fuck that shit, I got back in my masculine frame and I was willing to rather lose her than lose myself again so I told her "It's not who I am. I don't want to do that shit so if that's what she wants, I'm not the man for her, nor do I want to be or try to be that man. She's free to go find that man but I won't try to be him." Her response after insisting/asking for that and wholeheartedly believing that's how it should be? It's fine, you don't have do any of that and we'll make it work. Now things are even better than when it started. HER love and attention and investment is even stronger/more and she's even pushing for marriage which is something we both agreed we didn't want from the start.
Sorry for the long story but there's a lesson in there for all married men that hopefully will make or keep your relationships strong and you happy.
N4P