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Tweak says, "SAILING MISHAP!!"

Lothíriel, Queen of Rohan | Lord of the Rings (queenofrohan) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-04-15 02:03:00

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!open, maryanne walker (oe)

Love is a cruel myth created to make women obey.

Men do not love us. They may be fond of us, but they think only of themselves, and when they tire of us...then all the words they have told us mean nothing. And if we are foolish enough to believe them, and love them in return...

Then we are heartbroken.

And we must simply live with this. It is as my father says. It is my burden to bear, and I must do my duty.

So it is. So it always will be.

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	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	You weren't sold to a man you didn't know for horses, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

greywhite
2013-04-15 06:29 pm UTC (link)

No, I wasn't, but I don't think that makes my points any less valid.

Like I said you're not where you were. Not everyone's the same.

I'm sorry you're from such a horrible, patriarchal place which has understandably affected you and your beliefs, and it's incredibly difficult to get over that kind of thing, but that isn't the world we're living in now. And some men are actually just as disgusted by that kind of treatment of women as the women are.

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	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 06:34 pm UTC (link)
	That would be nice if it were so. But I have just discovered that my husband loves another woman, so forget me if I lack optimism. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greywhite 2013-04-15 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. And I'm not saying some men aren't total wankers, but not all of them are. There's a chance you'll meet someone that values you as a person rather than something to be owned and told what to do. And if your husband treated you that way and went off with someone else you're bet off out of it. Really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	My husband is... ...I truly didn't think he was like that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greywhite 2013-04-15 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	Some people are good at lying, I suppose. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	I did not believe that he did that, either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greywhite 2013-04-15 06:54 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, I don't know the situation - but the impression I get from the way you talk about yourself is that he didn't respect you, and perhaps that's how it is in your world, but I don't know it just feels really wrong to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 06:56 pm UTC (link)
	He was always good to me. My father...he says that I am simply wanting too much, that I am foolish to want my husband to love me. He says that is not what marriage is about. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greywhite 2013-04-15 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	Was he? Only you make it sound like you were nothing to him. Well your father was wrong, just like mine was. It happens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	I am his wife, whatever that means. My father is wise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greywhite 2013-04-15 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	In some respects maybe, not in others. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenofrohan 2013-04-15 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	In all ways. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	greywhite 2013-04-15 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah we're gonna have to agree to disagree here. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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