Quote: .I didn't know how to deal with it, so I took the opposite stance.
Instead of telling him how great I thought he was doing (which inside I really was proud of him), I never said anything - I didn't want to be like everyone else. I know that may not make sense...and I know it led to this whole mess....I always felt that if I said he was great, it wouldn't mean anything to him because everyone else always told him the same thing.
This is a very common that SO's do witht he one their with when the other is getting this kind of shallow adoration. Marcia Lucas, Elenore COppola, to name two that I read about talking about this recently.
Well, if you want to be open emotionally, you might try telling him this exactly. Just a thought!
