It's funny. Her tendancy to manipulate is so entrenched. I can see her fighting it, and trying to be open and honest, but it's a struggle for her. I'm struggling against my own entrenched tendancy to avoid, and fix, and please.
Gawd, Future, I could have written that myself. That hit so close to home for me that I found it physically uncomfortable to read.
We are a lot alike, you and I, and so are our wives.
Puppy
I've gotten that impression too. I'm not sure if the combination of my W and me is a good thing, for me that is. It's like she's custom made to perfectly exploit my "nice guy" tendancies. . . . She's just instinctively manipulative to try to get what she wants. She is a very good mother. Our kids are well behaved, easy going, and fun. Pretty much everyone who meets our kids finds them very charming. All that must mean something. She is so good at getting me to disarm, but then seems bored when I do. I think she's just as perplexed and frustrated by it as I am!
I don't know what it is. I'm no pushover at work. I don't take crap, and I am very confident in advocating for myself and my agenda. I don't allow my kids to manipulate me (at least not much, lol). She just seems to have my number.
