Hi SC, I agree completely about the sharing of life, but it has to be done in an equal partnership esp. when its a one to one thing. I have been reading the thread on Alpha male and see two quite different perspectives,again I think alpha male and leadership is good as long as both are equals and it is done in a loving and caring way as in a sharing of talents and abilities. My parents and too a large extent my own marriage was v traditional with the mans role and the womans role. His being chiefly the breadwinner and hers being home care, child rearing type of thing, but neither being above the other.
Anyway I got off track,sorry for the ramble. I guess we will always be caregivers but we have to learn when not to be dormats or worse maybe, enabling others to "use us" rather than gaining life skills of their own. We all know how hard it is to stand back and allow others to fail or fall when we could perhaps help them out. Hmm this next bit is going to be testing for you, but I think you must stand firm to do otherwise would just give them the chance to say they ere right that you were just having an hysterical outburst. Good luck.
