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You gotta push back on this stuff early.

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Melissa Hoyos's avatar

i love the post. I know the theory about polarity and keeping each other space's, being together but not merging into that mess you described above...

begin in your femenine and allowing the man to be the man...

and stills the tendency is indeed to go towards that which you described...

Domestication, emasculation... what a horrible thing to do to the man you love...

I have a substack for woman,, and i'll definitely be writing about that soon!

thanks for the inspiration!

I wonder if you have another post on your take of how not to get to that "domestication"...

a lot of food for thought... definitely a good mirror for me now. Cheers!

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Deadbeat Zaddy's avatar

Thanks, genuinely appreciate your perspective here.

You’re exactly right: polarity collapses long before the relationship does. It starts with small concessions, blurred boundaries, and the slow merging you mentioned. Most men don’t even notice the shift until they’re already half-tamed.

I actually am planning a follow-up on the “how not to get domesticated” side: the preventative habits, the masculine disciplines, the frame protections that keep attraction and polarity alive.

Your comment shows that it’s worth writing.

If you do end up exploring this topic on your Substack, I’d be interested to read the feminine perspective as well. Always good to see both sides of the polarity.

Cheers.

— Z

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James Ware's avatar

Have definitely lost a lot of friends to the creep of the curfew! Great point!

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Deadbeat Zaddy's avatar

Happens to more guys than anyone admits. Curfew never shows up as “control,” it shows up as “being considerate.” By the time you notice the shift, your whole social world has shrunk.

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Jill Hart's avatar

wow - I'm kind of in shock - I've been married for 30 years - I WANT my husband to have friends. Have you met the @crazy55oldman?

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Deadbeat Zaddy's avatar

Is that your husband? I've seen some of his stuff..

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Jill Hart's avatar

No just a guy whose work I do admire

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Deadbeat Zaddy's avatar

Yeah he writes from the elder perspective, looking back on decades of marriage, collapse, and rebuilding. My angle is different: I write in real time as a divorced father rebuilding identity and polarity right after the fall. Two different archetypes, same mission.

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Archibald Haddock's avatar

I’m constantly baffled when I observe firsthand what some people put up with (both guys & gals btw).

Lack of boundaries is the #1 problem for a lot of folks who deal with marriage / job / family issues.

If my wife would have ever pulled 10% of this, there would have been war.

If I would have accepted just a fraction of that, she would have shouted to my face to effing find my balls and man up.

Put the stops - immediately - if there is serious disrespect. It helps both sides. And avoids gunnysacking.💣

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C4-621's avatar

MOTOCYCLES, DEATH METAL AND CIGARS

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Tango's avatar

Great Work!

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Joyce Bedford's avatar

A horrible woman with a psychological disorder or two. Sounds like narcissistic personality disorder combined with an addiction to power/control. A man will suffer a lot with such a horrible woman. She may also make life miserable for coworkers or underlings at work (if applicable).

Obviously the best option would be to never get in a relationship with such a problematic woman. This requires skills for identifying sickos in advance, and behaving in ways that repulse sickos. For example, never be self-deprecating.

Second-best option is to break up with her, but this is complicated when a couple already have one or more children.

Third-best option (not recommended) is to figure out how to mistreat her in a way that causes her to behave less badly. For example, if she's a narcissist, then narcissists are relatively easy to manipulate. But this doesn't produce a happy life, rather it produces a less bad life of managing a horrible disturbed person.

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Craig Youngkrantz's avatar

Man I recognize a few of these from a marriage that, shocker, failed.

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Deadbeat Zaddy's avatar

Yeah I feel like by the time you notice it you're already married..

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Mary Bartnikowski's avatar

I was married for 20 years.

Now I’ve been single for 20 years and love it!

I so get this.

It happens on both sides in different ways.

I was trained to make more money and do all the emotional and child stuff.

Freedom is rewarding.

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Melissa Hoyos's avatar

“Intimacy becomes paperwork” . So true, getting that polarity back is truly an art.

Ive always thought about the woman perspective, so interesting to actually get the man’s, thanks! Ill forward this onwards !

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Deadbeat Zaddy's avatar

Appreciate you reading it with an open mind. Most people never hear the man’s side because men are trained to stay quiet until they’re already numb. Polarity doesn’t die overnight, it gets buried under routines and assumptions. When both people see it clearly, things get a lot simpler. Thanks for sharing it forward.

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Ibanez's avatar

The information and the idea is good but this whole post is built with AI. If you're over 35 and you couldn't tell, u are god damn cooked and u should disconnect from the internet for your own safety.

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Ian Malcolm's avatar

Definitely getting a slop vibe from this one.

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