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https://bit.ly/3HGv7Kt https://bit.ly/33aZ4Dx https://bit.ly/3LsypTZ https://bit.ly/3rE1SCt https://bit.ly/3BaeXXs https://bit.ly/3oAP3a7 https://bit.ly/3HCITOm https://bit.ly/3uGCyOq by Louise C on 2005 May 21 - 00:28 | reply to this comment Talk About Being Ruled By Rules In general I keep hearing that in Taken In Hand there aren't a lot of absurd rules restricting the behavior of one or both parties. Here I definitely do see absurd rules. Mike's girl is not allowed to ask for love, time, sex or affection. Excuse me, why not? What kind of nonsense is that, when forever we are told, he's not a mind reader, if you want something you better ask for it! And he can't discuss feelings with you without your permission. Gee. This sounds like a nice lively and spontaneous relationship: NOT. Why in the world are you two allowing yourself to be ruled by some huckster and his or her peculiar version of reality? Our ancestors died for freedom and for their descendants' right to be free. Kind of seems like a desecration to throw it all away cause someone who cranked out a self help book says so. "Pat" by a Taken In Hand reader on 2005 May 21 - 01:45 | reply to this comment Not rules Pat, I think it is a bit disingenuous to call that "rules". It may not be for everyone, but they have together chosen to interact in that way. By your logic you'd call it a rule if I and a friend of mine never turn up unannounced on one another's doorsteps. We both consider this simple manners, but others evidently don't see anything wrong with visiting without ringing first to check that it is convenient for the other person. That is not a rule in the sense Taken In Hand folk object to, and nor, I think, is what Mike and Mike's Girl are doing. Nor does Mike punish Mike's Girl if she slips. I am not saying that what they do is for everone, note.
