A Specimen of A Jerk
In entry 257, I wrote that I can offer to my mindmate a place to live, where the risk of natural catastrophes are very low. I did not mention, that I am looking for someone, who either likes the idea to come and live here with me or someone to move together between two countries. It means following my steps of carefully building commitment as described in entry 252. But once the bond of commitment is physically sealed, it means to be and to stay together, no matter where. Intrinsic commitment means a wish to share each other's life, and that means sharing time and activities.
I was corresponding with someone, who is retired and free to go, where he wants to. He wrote me this, and the capital letters are his own emphasis.
In entry 257, I wrote that I can offer to my mindmate a place to live, where the risk of natural catastrophes are very low. I did not mention, that I am looking for someone, who either likes the idea to come and live here with me or someone to move together between two countries. It means following my steps of carefully building commitment as described in entry 252. But once the bond of commitment is physically sealed, it means to be and to stay together, no matter where. Intrinsic commitment means a wish to share each other's life, and that means sharing time and activities.
I was corresponding with someone, who is retired and free to go, where he wants to. He wrote me this, and the capital letters are his own emphasis.
"i would never go to any foreign country to live forever before i had spent at least a year going back and forth AT MY CONVENIENCE before i could make a committment to stay with you for the rest of my life."
I was speechless for a moment, when I read this. First I thought: what a jerk! But on second thought he seems more like an emotional moron, who is unaware, that a woman like me rejects such an impertinence and impudence. A psychopath would intend such a scheme, but would attempt to manipulate the woman into bed by false promises of commitment.
The man feels entitled to come and go at his convenience. That means, that he does not want a woman to be together all the time, and it means, that he alone decides, when to be together and when not, excluding the woman from a decision, which has a heavy impact upon her.
This one statement tells the entire attitude of this jerk concerning the role of a woman in his life. Even though he had pretended before to want a woman as an equal partner, his concept very clearly tells the contrary.
1. A woman is a commodity
This man considers a woman as a commodity, whose sole purpose in life is being there for him, when he wants her. Like a commodity, an object, he wants to find her waiting for him in the locker, where he had stored her, whenever he wants to make use of her. In the meantime, he may well chase other women or forget her over whatever else is more important than she. But she has to remain available for him on demand.
The man feels entitled to come and go at his convenience. That means, that he does not want a woman to be together all the time, and it means, that he alone decides, when to be together and when not, excluding the woman from a decision, which has a heavy impact upon her.
This one statement tells the entire attitude of this jerk concerning the role of a woman in his life. Even though he had pretended before to want a woman as an equal partner, his concept very clearly tells the contrary.
1. A woman is a commodity
This man considers a woman as a commodity, whose sole purpose in life is being there for him, when he wants her. Like a commodity, an object, he wants to find her waiting for him in the locker, where he had stored her, whenever he wants to make use of her. In the meantime, he may well chase other women or forget her over whatever else is more important than she. But she has to remain available for him on demand.
2. He does not value a woman as deserving a fair balance of giving and receiving
Once he has gained control over a woman as a commodity, he perceives and considers her as his property, that he can use without giving anything in return.
3. A woman has only an unimportant function in his life
He chooses a woman for her body and maybe for getting supply, if he is a narcissist. He does not choose her to have a companion, who is intellectually and emotionally attractive enough to share his every day life with her, to share activities and intellectual pursuits. He does not honor a woman's brain as something beneficial for himself.
4. He dominates the woman
He reserves the decision, when to be together, for himself alone, and he can enforce it by just leaving. He does not accept to share decisions with a woman, he feels entitled to force his decisions upon her. This is domination.
5. He degrades a woman
He wants a woman to allow him to use her body, but he does not consider it as correct to give her anything of value for her in return, he does not accept any obligations towards her. He degrades her to be a friend with benefits. He does not respect her dignity.
6. He is oblivious of a woman's own needs and emotions
A woman's own subjective perception and resulting emotions just do not exist for him. He considers her availability for him as the purpose of her existence. He is oblivious of her needs. He is void of any consideration of how she experiences his attitude and treatment.
7. He supplies no safe haven for a woman
The man is not reliable and not predictable, coming and going at any time, which a woman can neither influence nor even know in advance. She cannot trust him.
Such a man is a nightmare. The only good thing about this particular jerk is his honesty. He has warned me with this huge red flag to keep away. I prefer to be alone rather than to be with such a jerk, even though I am lonely and it is important for me to find my mindmate.
