Very difficult "choice" to balance. A relationship must fullfill both sides of the equation - lowering your defenses (by balancing out the concrete preferential differences) as well as honesty in expressing each one's volatility or in this case - vulnerabilities. At the same time, we must realise the need to remind ourselves over what is concrete and what is sensitive.
The concrete prefential differences is the biggest start & end obstacles I believe in any relationship. Where as the expressing of
honest attributes through weaknesses - are actually, dare I say it - more "easier" and straightforward. Because everyone should already be able to inherently express them (unless if one is mentally disadvantaged). All they need is a private consenting environment, and trust.
As a concrete tangible criteria -
nothing else appreciates and won my respect for a woman who's fit. Health, and fitness to me speaks as action a lot louder than
words and
personality can. Why? Because it motivates and serves as a reminder that survival & instinct themselves are apparent in every little ignored aspects of life. Through this, she becomes
a reminder of resisting against the temptation of external forces, and able to bring out the inner beauty of her own, BY her own efforts
*.
So through in many extent - I'd like her
(if at all by any forgiveable chances this were to happen) to be of
strongwilled, independent in
concrete, tangible nature but honestly and somewhat volatile and sensitive in her interpersonal ways. Yes, flame me for my grammar - but it's very hard to describe.
* Note: as long as she's not a extremist/feminist, that is. Or manipulative to her own superficial wishes for "equality" aka princess syndrome. That to me; is simply unhealthy distortion.
A word about "balance"
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We are all picky ourselves. When something is deemed too much or too little, we often ask to compensate or sacrifice. And this comes the need to control. When a certain attribute is reached by its limits or scrutinised (eg. whether a woman is deemed "stronger' than a man in a given aspect) an event for a need in controlling these (again -
concrete preferential differences) will eventually come. It will happen.
No other ways I can think of that can achieve this "balance" without leaving some overly significant economic wastage emotional loss / sacrifice. Human nature in itself is - sadly - a dictatorship.
I live by this quote from somewhere along these lines - "the stronger you are, the weaker you get". This is real and cannot be imagined any other way. A positive consenting environment and trust between a collective few therefore - is important to realise this time and time again.