A woman is like a Motie Mediator. If she can see you, she can read you. If she can hear you, she can read you. If she can read anything you've written, she can read you. If she can see anything you've done, she can read you. There's no sense even trying to hide your emotions or your attitude around her... she'll see it. You've got to be the person you want her to see, inside and out, and let her respond to it. It can be unnerving to be under her microscope like that... or it can be an exciting opportunity to be your best self around someone that totally gets and appreciates it.
You don't have to be a "meathead" to be her rock, her "alpha male". You don't have to give up any of your intelligence or even your weird interests and habits. You just have to give up your insecurities and your resentments. Those things don't do you any good anyway.
CE, I don't know what a Motie Mediator is, but still, all I can say is WOW! This is good.
I have been lurking around here for a few weeks and gaining a LOT of good info - this particular one brought me out of the woodwork - I just cut and pasted those exact words into my computer journal where I keep snippets of wisdom that I don't want to lose. I have found some of the most profound words of wisdom here, and this place is becoming a real addiction, but thank you all for so openly sharing your pain and your processes. I sure have a lot to learn..... Thank you again, I will come out of lurk mode as soon as I figure out how to put my sitch in perspective and figure out exactly where I am in this journey.... But just had to comment on this, maybe I can trust my own radar after all....