“It means,” I begin quickly before forcing myself to slow down. I don't know where this is going, but it suddenly feels important that I answer correctly. “It means I'm a woman who craves a man she can trust. When I say that, I don't mean in the typical sense. Everyone wants a partner they can trust to not cheat and to treat them with kindness and respect. That’s a given. What I want is something more than that. I want a man I can trust with my pain, both metaphorically and literally. I want someone who deserves my submission—someone who has earned it by proving themselves to be reliable,
“It means,” I begin quickly before forcing myself to slow down. I don't know where this is going, but it suddenly feels important that I answer correctly. “It means I'm a woman who craves a man she can trust. When I say that, I don't mean in the typical sense. Everyone wants a partner they can trust to not cheat and to treat them with kindness and respect. That’s a given. What I want is something more than that. I want a man I can trust with my pain, both metaphorically and literally. I want someone who deserves my submission—someone who has earned it by proving themselves to be reliable, authentic, and authoritative. I want to kneel for someone who I know will always stand for me—someone willing to fight and die for me, remain peaceful and live for me, take all of my pain and frustrations away and make me forget that the world exists. I need someone whose back is strong enough to carry the weight of my emotions and concerns as well as their own. I need someone who doesn't judge me, but grows with me instead. Someone willing to explore ever-changing feelings and passions with me as we grow old together and become closer with the passing of time. I want to give myself to someone in every way possible and allow them to use me, hurt me, love me, break me—because I can always trust that they know exactly how to put me back together again. It requires someone who knows each and every single piece of me and how they all fit together, because I want to be shattered and broken apa...
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