Me, stops to enjoy the sound of a waterfall. Her, wants to continue Her: You always choose the pace. I feel like you're controlling us, you're holding the trip hostage. Me: You're free to go ahead. I'll catch up. I control me. You control you. Her: But I want to hike with you. Me: I gotta do me. You gotta do you.
This simultaneously asserted my control over me while making no attempts to control her.
"What is best for my kids is best for me" Amor Fati Link to quotes: https://www.divorcebusting.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2879712