Losing Yourself in a Marriage
She has always been proud of being an independent woman but she can't go and watch a movie with her female friends without asking for permission from her boyfriend. She also claims she is used to getting her way because she is an only girl and her father's favorite. In fact, she said she is good at manipulating people. Yet, she can't manipulate her boyfriend, soon to be husband, so she can have her once a week girl's night out she wants badly. Maybe she just wants this. Maybe she really is an independent woman but wants to change because this is her vision of a marriage or maybe her definition of independence is different from mine or maybe she never was, she just thought she was. She is obviously happy and is counting the days to her wedding. I will be in her wedding and will do everything I can to help her in her future married life. My opinion of her personality doesn't matter, of course. However, she does inspire me to ask some critical questi...