Kaffe,
I have a tendency to think I'm right. I need to slow down and consider other people's views. Also, I need to acknowledge the validity of other's views. Sometimes, I think it also helps to do things the way my W wants to do them even if I think it might be wrong. Not everything I try always works out. Not everything W does fails. I think I was lacking this basic tenet of respect in my M (and in other relationships). I was certainly not acting like the man I wanted to be.