http://s33k3r.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] s33k3r.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] awesomesprout 2003-12-24 10:31 am (UTC)

I am ignorant of this situation, so please do not apply anything I write directly to this situation.

All true, to be sure.

However, if we are stronger people who set these limits on those that are weaker with personal gain for ourselves, with the full knowledge that the other will most likely break the condition, then we have taken advantage of the weaker.

For example, if a woman is in love with me, but I tell her that we can only have a physical relationship/friendship and not a serious relationship, I know that she will accept in the attempt gain my love and trust. But if I know that my personal feelings will never change, then I have set her up for failure and also for deep hurt since she cannot change how she feels and she has entered into the contract with the hope of gaining more.

The fault of hers is that she accepted the contract while hoping for more. The fault of mine is that I placed that ridiculous contract before her, knowing that she would accept with false hopes, and knowing that she would be hurt all the more in the end.

In this case, as the stronger person, I must accept the responsibility to protect the weaker person from herself, and not even place the contract before her.

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