If a guy tells me he's going to do something, I'm confident he'll do it. If a single woman who's interested in me (doesn't have to be romantic interest) tells me she's going to do something, I'm confident she'll do it. If a married woman tells me she's going to do something, I'm fairly confident she'll do it. If a single woman tells me she's going to do something...it's a crapshoot.
At first I couldn't make heads or tails of this but I think I've figured it out. People will act honorably in relationship to you if they respect you. The odds are pretty good that if a single woman isn't attracted to you it is because she doesn't respect you. If I get really primitive in my analysis, I would say that women will make false contract with men they don't respect and aren't attracted to and the reason for this is that men are bigger and stronger. In situations where a man might be compelled to fight for his honor a woman has to behave in a manner that would be dishonorable if she were a man because of the inherent power dynamic, especially if she has children to protect. Women have an instinctive fear that a man who is emotionally weak (not vulnerable!) might choose to physically harm her or her children. Is the wolf approaching a wolf with a strong puppy or a wolf with a weak puppy? Should I find his muscles attractive or menacing? If a man shows a strong puppy you sense that he may exchange care for care. If a man shows a weak puppy you fear that he may bash your bunnies brains out against a rock so that your cow will be free to care for his puppy.
The moment I consider as the downhill turning point of my marriage was the moment when my 2bx chose to throw a chair when I suggested that he might need to get a better job since we had a baby and another on the way. He protected his weak puppy with his dysfunctional wolf and I made false contract with him by letting him win that fight. I had no choice but to make false contract but I should have chosen to make true contract as soon as possible by, for instance, locking him out of the house the next time he left and putting his stuff on the lawn.
Of course, oftentimes, in these modern times, money holds the power not muscle. Anyways, this has a lot to do with why I say it is chicken-sh*tted to cheat on a man. You're bringing in outside muscle, one way or the other.
Last edited by MJontheMend; 01/09/0801:10 PM.
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