Muse

One thing we have in common is wanting her to be taken care of, by all means. Only you are not entirely aware of what effectively caring for her entails; hence the dogmatic, one-size-fits-all approach you have been pitching to her regarding traditional gender roles and the qualities you believe she should value in a man. You know, better than I do, the traumas she endured, beginning early on in your lives. At the root of resulting insecurities she battles is an acute fear of abandonment. If you understood her struggles, you would know better than to point her in the direction of a man who is unavailable emotionally and/or unable/unwilling to refrain from straying outside their relationship. Faithfulness,  kindness, patience, respect, and understanding are the qualities that afford her the affirmation and security she values. Protection and provision, for her, envolves more than just physical and financial competence, respectively. The last thing she needs is to be teth...