I: Blah blah blah blah blah because blah blah blah.
He: Ok, stop.
I: What?
He: You´re doing it again.
I: What? What am I doing?
He: Telling me how to do what I already know how to do.
I: Uuuh…what?
He: You have to let me be the man and allow me to surprise you and be romantic. If you tell me what to do in EVERY situation, you are being…emasculating.
I: What you just said is so sexist and…that is what I have been doing, haven´t I? Leading everyone…
He: Well, let´s think about your relationships.

(Talk about all my past relationships)

I: Whoa. They could´ve said something…
He: Maybe they didn´t realize. You can be subtle, sometimes. Not often.
I: Wow. So…let people be themselves?
He: Yes. And let me court you.
I: (giggles) Let you court me?
He: Yeah, what´s so funny? Let me be a man. I don´t wanna be your puppy.
I: A man, uh?
He: Just let me be me, ok?
I: Can you tell me when I start being bossy again?
He: Yes, I can.
I: This is gonna take LOTS of practice. Let people be themselves and trust their judgement…ugh.
He: I think you´re going to like not having the whole world on your shoulders.
I: You really…you really can take half of it off of me?
He: And all of it if you ever need me to. And to be fair, I´m gonna guess the ones before me could´ve done it as well, if you would´ve let them.
I: I don´t know about that…
He: Ha! And that´s what makes me a very lucky guy.
I: Alright, newly appointed manly man of mine. Where do we go from here?
He: Cold stone?
I: Nice.

Very few things in my life have been harder than realizing I have been extremely controlling of people, and that in my wanting to build them up, I tore everything down.