Quote: P.S. The key to the 5 is information/knowledge. The 5 is the scientist. It's the 7 that is afflicted with gluttony and greed. The 7 wants it all and cannot get off dead center because that means eliminating some options.
The chart I was looking at said that Greed was the vice of the Type 5.
Quote: But just let me say that abandoning trying to "please" your H is an excellent plan. Not with a grudging "no one can please you anyway" attitude, but in a gracious, "pleasing you is YOUR work, not mine." This will liberate you tremendously.
I should note that I wasn't making a "plan" to not "please" my H. This is just naturally the place I find myself in lately. It's pretty clear that I can't count on him for anything so why should I bother to try and please him. However, you're right about it being liberating. Most of last week I was pretty much thinking along the lines of "Now I will cook some dinner for the father of my children." or "Now I will pick out a nice birthday present for the father of my children." and when we had sex, I was thinking "Now I will enjoy an erotic encounter with this handsome man. Hopefully he will bring it on in such a way that I have a nice, strong orgasm.". It's like my "husband" or the part of him that played the role of "husband" for me, quit his job and took off in his car out west and abandoned me last week, leaving behind this person to whom I have no real bond or attachment and no real desire to form one.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver