http://www.leonlioe.com/relationships/respect-and-relationship UNLEASH YOUR PERSONAL POWER THROUGH THE POWER OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:19:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.leonlioe.com/relationships/respect-and-relationship#comment-1205 Tracy Crowe Fri, 30 May 2008 15:53:34 +0000 http://www.leonlioe.com/relationships/respect-and-relationship#comment-1205 I thoroughly agree with this post. I especially think it is so important for each partner to feel like they can safely and freely express their ideas, opinions, and feelings to each other. Beleive it or not, I have never been in an intimate relationship like this. Needs were never discussed in my family; my parents just assumed that I knew what they needed and that they knew what I needed (which they probably assumed were the same things they did). For me, that just led to frustration and to me wanting to keep my distance. You just can't have respect for someone in that kind of a relationship. You can't even really get to know the other person. Not surprisingly, I married someone just like my parents for almost 20 years, still looking for someone I could safely express myself with. I thoroughly agree with this post. I especially think it is so important for each partner to feel like they can safely and freely express their ideas, opinions, and feelings to each other. Beleive it or not, I have never been in an intimate relationship like this. Needs were never discussed in my family; my parents just assumed that I knew what they needed and that they knew what I needed (which they probably assumed were the same things they did). For me, that just led to frustration and to me wanting to keep my distance. You just can’t have respect for someone in that kind of a relationship. You can’t even really get to know the other person. Not surprisingly, I married someone just like my parents for almost 20 years, still looking for someone I could safely express myself with.

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