There Is No Safe Haven Without Reliability and Predictability
In entry 335, I explained the importance of avoiding the risk of being dumped by a wise choice of a compatible mindmate, who is able and motivated to commit to being bonded.
Precluding dumping is one important step towards making a relationship predictable and reliable as a safe haven.
Fear, threat, insecurity, apprehension of being dumped are poison for a relationship. To prevent this, it is of vital importance, that both partners explicitly accept the mutual obligation to first make efforts to solve their conflicts, no matter, how much stamina and strain is required, before they consider to end the relationship by consent. The binding obligation to not dump under any circumstances has to be carved in stone for both partners. Else there cannot be trust.
If someone is either unable or unwilling to accept the no-dumping obligation, this is enough reason to abstain from getting involved.
But this obligation is not to be misunderstood as a protection for a transgressor from the consequences. Precluding proactive dumping does not prohibit an adequate reaction to a serious transgression. Ending a relationship as a reaction to a dealbreaking transgression like cheating is not dumping. Therefore the agreement being the precondition of getting involved has to include consensual definitions of what behaviors are transgressions. I consider dumping as a transgression.
The no-dumping obligation is also not a license for hurting and harmful behavior without taking responsibility as explained in entry 336. If a partner causes harm irresponsibly, he is entitled to be given a fair chance, cooperation and support to change his behavior, but if he refuses, then ending a toxic relationship is also not dumping.
Realistically seen, jerks cannot be impeded by any agreement from selfish, cruel and ruthless behavior.
A jerk, who lures and tricks a woman to allow him the use of the body under the false pretense of committing, will also not hesitate to selfishly break any agreement by dumping a woman at his convenience. (entry 292)
A jerk, who uses the explicit or obviously implicit threat of dumping as a method of extortion to secure himself a position of dominance and power does this, no matter what he had pretended to agree upon.
In entry 335, I explained the importance of avoiding the risk of being dumped by a wise choice of a compatible mindmate, who is able and motivated to commit to being bonded.
Precluding dumping is one important step towards making a relationship predictable and reliable as a safe haven.
Fear, threat, insecurity, apprehension of being dumped are poison for a relationship. To prevent this, it is of vital importance, that both partners explicitly accept the mutual obligation to first make efforts to solve their conflicts, no matter, how much stamina and strain is required, before they consider to end the relationship by consent. The binding obligation to not dump under any circumstances has to be carved in stone for both partners. Else there cannot be trust.
If someone is either unable or unwilling to accept the no-dumping obligation, this is enough reason to abstain from getting involved.
But this obligation is not to be misunderstood as a protection for a transgressor from the consequences. Precluding proactive dumping does not prohibit an adequate reaction to a serious transgression. Ending a relationship as a reaction to a dealbreaking transgression like cheating is not dumping. Therefore the agreement being the precondition of getting involved has to include consensual definitions of what behaviors are transgressions. I consider dumping as a transgression.
The no-dumping obligation is also not a license for hurting and harmful behavior without taking responsibility as explained in entry 336. If a partner causes harm irresponsibly, he is entitled to be given a fair chance, cooperation and support to change his behavior, but if he refuses, then ending a toxic relationship is also not dumping.
Realistically seen, jerks cannot be impeded by any agreement from selfish, cruel and ruthless behavior.
A jerk, who lures and tricks a woman to allow him the use of the body under the false pretense of committing, will also not hesitate to selfishly break any agreement by dumping a woman at his convenience. (entry 292)
A jerk, who uses the explicit or obviously implicit threat of dumping as a method of extortion to secure himself a position of dominance and power does this, no matter what he had pretended to agree upon.
Jerks need to be avoided by a wise choice of a compatible partner. But a preventive no-dumping agreement can be very beneficial, when the fear of being dumped is caused by
- ignorance, unawareness, not knowing each other well enough
- misunderstandings, misinterpretations and an ambiguous situation
- lacking or deficient communication
- lack of any explicit clarification and consent concerning the status and kind of the relationship
- desensitization as a result of mistakenly considering dumping as socially acceptable, because it happens too often
- bad experience of having been dumped before
The fear of being dumped has emotional and behavioral consequences, and their experience and expression are disruptive and destructive to both the individual wellbeing and the relationship.
- stress, tension, helplessness
- being alert all the time without the ability to relax, walking on eggshells
- feeling compelled to censor and control verbal expressions and behavior
- denial and recoiling from solving conflicts
- grudging external submission to the will of the other
- serving the needs of the other but repressing the own needs
- play a fake role
- dishonesty and insincerity
- hiding the own true feelings and true opinions
Such a situation cannot last. Unsolved conflicts get worse. Self-denial of all own needs leads to a breaking point, when the person cannot take more. Nobody can hide the true personality forever, the final discovery of the fakery is much worse than if someone has been genuine from the beginning. The person risks to get dumped and rejected as the fake person, while the hidden genuine person would have been accepted.
Sometimes not only one, but both partners fear to be dumped and each is oblivious of the other having the same fear.
Sometimes not only one, but both partners fear to be dumped and each is oblivious of the other having the same fear.
The consequences of the fear of being dumped can be experienced, even while there is no awareness for the reason or while they are attributed to other causes.
The fear of being dumped can become so unbearable, that sometimes the afflicted find alleviation by dumping the other first to prevent being dumped. This is especially tragic, if the other in reality had never even considered dumping.
The fear of being dumped can become so unbearable, that sometimes the afflicted find alleviation by dumping the other first to prevent being dumped. This is especially tragic, if the other in reality had never even considered dumping.
