I have, indeed, been giving a lot of latitude, and I agree it's too much. But not for now, in my opinion. She is still moving to what "she gets out of it" and once that's more fully established in her mind, I have a better platform to remind her of what "I get out of it" in turn.XYAlpha wrote: ↑Fri Sep 25, 2020 12:56 pmThere is a lot of this going on without your direct knowledge or with a significant delay.
Case in point, "And this is where we sit, the letter did go out. And of course he replied positively, but I haven't seen it and Slenderwife hasn't mentioned anything about it yet."
I understand you are giving her considerable latitude to make this first event happen solely on her terms but the secrecy and withholding of information could continue unless she understands that she is operating this way initially but that you expect more information and timely information for the future events. Is this your desire or do you find being "information cucked" thrilling? What is your plan for that?
You may end up with a HW that doesn't share! And that would be a tragedy!
XY
To restate, I'm letting it move from the original "all about me" in her mind to "all about her" until it balances, then I assert "all about us" in order for this to work on a go-forward basis. It's a fine balance but I bet it's achievable.
I am monitoring her level of desire as my guide on this element.
Am also aware that her natural inclinations on these points default to keeping to herself. That is a natural hurdle to overcome. A potentially big hurdle. Got to keep it from becoming insurmountable.
She knows that at some point I'm hoping for photos, video, and even participation. She said not sure at this point she can see how that would could happen. But she is just starting to approach the HW concept and it's baby steps with missteps along the way. As expected.
If she has desire, she will push along herself, and momentum will then be involved. Momentum that requires new energy to change. I think we presently have just the smallest amount of momentum that could easily be stopped. I'm encouraging a bit more momentum, for example, building on the Mr. S foundation and accommodating SW request to travel in October (a month earlier than previously planned).