Hello, hello, and welcome to the Borealis
Unknown:experience. I'm your host Aurora, and I'm so happy to be
Unknown:sharing this interview with you today. I was in a conversation
Unknown:with David Lee, a friend of mine. And yeah, we talk about
Unknown:feminism, we talk about the importance of fighting fair
Unknown:importance of communicating, expressing yourself, honestly,
Unknown:and not making the assumptions that the other person knows you
Unknown:enough already or can read you enjoy this very raw and fun
Unknown:interview. And, yeah, take good care of yourself. I was trying
Unknown:to think of a good story that had a good ending. That was also
Unknown:fun for the listeners to hear. So Oh, so
Unknown:this is Valentine's Day. I'm living in Roanoke, which if you
Unknown:haven't heard of Roanoke is probably a good reason. It's a
Unknown:small town in southwestern Virginia. Yeah. And so I was in
Unknown:school at the time, I didn't have a whole lot of money. And
Unknown:the person I was dating didn't either. And so I said, Okay,
Unknown:here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna have Valentine's
Unknown:Day, but we're not going to spend more than I think it was,
Unknown:like $5 on each other. Yeah. And she goes, Okay, okay, great. And
Unknown:so, and I planned this out, I was in school at the time, and
Unknown:she was working down at the hospital. And so went to the
Unknown:dollar store, and I got like a 15 pack of red balloons, giant
Unknown:red balloons, right? Yeah. And I went out to her for work. And I
Unknown:found her car in the parking lot. And I blew up all these
Unknown:balloons, big, you know, one foot diameter balloons and taped
Unknown:them all over her car. And I'd also made a Valentine's Day card
Unknown:with pictures and cartoons of her and me and my dog, you know,
Unknown:and all that other stuff, and decorated all up and stuck it on
Unknown:her windshield, and then went home. And I just waited to see
Unknown:what was gonna happen, right.
Unknown:And then later on, I heard the story. She said she was in work,
Unknown:and all of her co workers were talking. And she was up. She's
Unknown:like, what's going on? They're like, well, I don't know what
Unknown:happened. But there's this car at the parking lot with these
Unknown:balloons all over it. And she thought that was so funny. And
Unknown:so then, end of work comes around and she goes out, and
Unknown:she's walking towards her car. And she's like, Oh, yeah,
Unknown:there's that car with the balloons. And then she's going,
Unknown:Oh,
Unknown:wait, I think that's my car.
Unknown:got there. And sure enough, she saw the balloons pasted all over
Unknown:it. And she got so embarrassed. It was so much fun, though. But
Unknown:she really appreciated that and got the card. And it was just a
Unknown:really good time. Yeah. That's such a cool, she loved it. Yes.
Unknown:Well, that's, that's absolute something that you should be
Unknown:doing in a relationship and surprise your partner, and just
Unknown:do something that comes from the heart.
Unknown:Yeah, very Yeah, that was a good time. And I didn't spend a lot
Unknown:of money, which was good, too. Not that I'm cheap. But just I
Unknown:didn't have any money at the time. I was kind of broke. Yeah,
Unknown:you don't need tons of money to impress your Valentine or the
Unknown:person you care about. Right? Like you can be creative.
Unknown:Yeah, totally. So we both read books on boundaries. You read
Unknown:two books, actually. Right? You read the boundaries book, and
Unknown:then the boundaries in relationship book.
Unknown:Well, I haven't gotten started on the boundaries and dating
Unknown:book yet, but I do.
Unknown:Okay, okay. So what have you learned in your past
Unknown:relationships? About boundaries? Are you really good with
Unknown:boundaries? Or were your partners good with it? Or both?
Unknown:Who are not good at it? What are your experiences with that?
Unknown:Well, I think there are some areas that I'm good at and
Unknown:scenarios that I'm not good at. One thing I can do is I can get
Unknown:on a certain topic, and stay on topic, especially if it's one
Unknown:that I like, like, you know, planes. And sometimes I tend to
Unknown:talk too much about them.
Unknown:And so I have to learn when the call it quits. And sometimes
Unknown:it's hard to tell if, if the person is actually interested or
Unknown:if I'm just, you know, talking about my own interests rather
Unknown:than theirs. Mm hmm. Okay. Okay. So it would be like a balance in
Unknown:the conversation
Unknown:that you have to find out okay, is is that person into it or
Unknown:not? Can I continue to talk and or not?
Unknown:Yes, totally. And I think a lot of that too, comes down to
Unknown:just conversation and clarify.
Unknown:I know after a while you learn to say, okay, so if I'm going
Unknown:too long, you let me know. Because a lot of times I find
Unknown:people say, Well, if he doesn't know that I'm not gonna tell
Unknown:him. I've heard that a lot. And the thing is, sometimes as a guy
Unknown:and me in particular, sometimes I'm just oblivious. So I would
Unknown:rather you tell me up front, hey, look, this is what I feel
Unknown:about this, or don't do this, you know, when I'm doing this,
Unknown:whatever. And just let me know.
Unknown:And we had a lot of times, it's just going to be a blunt, David,
Unknown:your story's gone too long. Let's move on, then I can say,
Unknown:Oh, good, you know, rather than dropping me hints, like kicking
Unknown:me under the table, or, you know, pinching my arm or
Unknown:whatever.
Unknown:Okay. And do you think is, like from the other person said that
Unknown:they don't trust that you weren't react? Well, or? They
Unknown:don't have that kind of? Yeah, the tools to communicate what
Unknown:they want to
Unknown:communicate to you? Like, why is it that some people are so shy
Unknown:to say when they don't like something?
Unknown:Yeah, and I've noticed that some people are and some people are
Unknown:very blunt. And I think the sinus probably comes from social
Unknown:norms. Yeah, from trying to be polite in society and not
Unknown:wanting to step on toes. Yeah. But if it goes too far, then you
Unknown:have a situation that you just described there that the person
Unknown:confronts you with a conclusion or
Unknown:just leaves? Because she or he doesn't trust that you would
Unknown:understand or they don't want, like they'd rather leave,
Unknown:instead of having a little bit of an uncomfortable
Unknown:conversation.
Unknown:Is that, is that what you experienced?
Unknown:Yeah, I think that resonates really well. And I think
Unknown:particularly in today's day and time,
Unknown:a lot of the advice given is just to give up and move on.
Unknown:Because you know, the old adage, there's more fish in the sea.
Unknown:But I mean, our parents generation, and their parents
Unknown:before them, they didn't have that choice. It was basically,
Unknown:you work it out. You fix the relationship. And I've heard
Unknown:grahamcooke talk on this. He says that, that in relationship,
Unknown:he said in anything, you don't have movement, or advancement
Unknown:unless you have tension. Like when you're lifting weights, you
Unknown:got tension in your arms, and you actually break down the
Unknown:muscles. But breaking down the muscles makes them actually
Unknown:stronger when they build back up. And it's the same in a
Unknown:relationship is that yes, you are going to have tension, but
Unknown:that tension builds the deepness of, of the relationship. Yeah.
Unknown:And so it's expected and you just work through it. That's so
Unknown:beautifully said. And I mean, what I experienced with that
Unknown:stuff, you should record this, you should totally record this.
Unknown:Well, that's, let's make sure that we put this out there
Unknown:because people will love to hear it.
Unknown:Yeah, I pressed the button on. Yeah, I totally agree.
Unknown:Yeah, I experienced that I made or observed in my parents and
Unknown:grandparents is, in that generation, a lot of people
Unknown:endured stuff. So
Unknown:my dad was always talking about what my mom was more of the
Unknown:listener, the observer. And yeah, she suppressed a lot of
Unknown:her thoughts and her feelings. And I feel my generation now is
Unknown:sick and tired of suppressing.
Unknown:And we leave situations where we feel uncomfortable. But that's
Unknown:not the solution. Either. We have to learn how to say no, and
Unknown:how to say, this is not what I like, this is not comfortable
Unknown:for me, and then wait and see what comes from the other side.
Unknown:Like we have to trust that the other person wants to adapt and
Unknown:maybe compromise a little bit. And we also have to have that
Unknown:willingness to have that little bit of uncomfortable
Unknown:conversation. But a few A lot of us, like you said, are just
Unknown:checking out. And yeah, exploring more fish in the sea.
Unknown:And that doesn't create depth that just creates a society of
Unknown:Yeah, shallowness and superficial
Unknown:relationships, and that's not good.
Unknown:Yeah, I totally I totally agree. I mean, it's creative people.
Unknown:Who are just runners? And they'll run from relationship to
Unknown:relationship until they find the one person who suits our needs
Unknown:and checks all their boxes, which honestly, they're never
Unknown:going to find, because nobody's like that. Yeah, the truth is
Unknown:you grow in relationships. I mean, I mean, I've been in
Unknown:relationships before to where, where I've just been a but
Unknown:that happens, and you'll get arguments. But that what said,
Unknown:What do you mean was I've just been a bat?
Unknown:Oh, where, where I'm just
Unknown:where I'm just headstrong. And I'm just not polite to be
Unknown:around. You know, I'm not going to get into those stories on
Unknown:this podcast, but maybe later
Unknown:if we wanted to, but what I what I learned?
Unknown:that you do. So what I've learned is that
Unknown:even when you're in an argument, the truth is that you and the
Unknown:other person are a team. And even in the midst of it, and
Unknown:after you come out of it, you're still going to be on the same
Unknown:team. So yes, there might be tension and difficulty. And you
Unknown:might get hurt and hurt the other person and cry, but but in
Unknown:the end, you're still a team, and you got to work together.
Unknown:Yes, yes. And this is what you have to trust. You have to trust
Unknown:that little bit of tension as good. That
Unknown:same, like not being on the same page all the time is okay, too.
Unknown:Because it opens up your mind and it challenges your beliefs.
Unknown:And, yeah, you have to trust that you're both on a team and
Unknown:that you're having that argument to sort things out and to then
Unknown:have a deeper and better relationship. And I think with
Unknown:me, it was always the case that I didn't trust that I didn't
Unknown:want maybe that depth.
Unknown:And I was scared of not being understood. So I'd rather run
Unknown:away or feel suppressed. And that's absolutely not the
Unknown:solution like this is when resentment builds, and the
Unknown:relationship is starting to fall apart.
Unknown:So what do you do when you feel like you're not being
Unknown:understood?
Unknown:I
Unknown:try to catch a moment where I know the other person is like,
Unknown:relaxed and a good place. And I will ask again, or reformulate
Unknown:what I was meant to say. So I had an instance here, where I
Unknown:had an interview, and I felt like I was not doing a good job.
Unknown:And afterwards I received a comment.
Unknown:Well, yeah, you were laughing hysterically. And it sounded
Unknown:pretty silly. And I just blew up.
Unknown:I just blew up a fuse, because I felt shitty already. And then a
Unknown:person tells me Oh, yeah, and by the way, it was silly. On top of
Unknown:it.
Unknown:I totally blew up. And but the person didn't understand why
Unknown:because I didn't see that I was frustrated and sad. So I'm also
Unknown:one to not really show how I feel.
Unknown:And then just made that silly comment. And then I blew up. And
Unknown:instead of blowing up, I should have just said, Hey, you know
Unknown:what, like, I felt really bad about my interview already. And
Unknown:your comment really makes me feel worse. And just to say how
Unknown:I feel, to put it into words, works wonders. And I didn't know
Unknown:that before I found to be heard. I have to be aggressive, I have
Unknown:to shut people out or avoid them and to kind of punish them with
Unknown:the silent treatment or so.
Unknown:But not to found out and to find out now that I can actually say
Unknown:no, this is how you made me feel and it felt really bad.
Unknown:And then to see the person be like, Oh, no, I'm sorry, that
Unknown:was not my intention. Like I'm you're on your team is it
Unknown:dissolves all the anger, all the sadness in seconds.
Unknown:And I don't know if you had situations like that, where you
Unknown:just simply communicate it and it dissolved a situation but I
Unknown:think we totally underestimate the power of kind words and just
Unknown:genuine expression of how
Unknown:We feel
Unknown:Yeah, totally. And I kind of grew up with that same kind of
Unknown:belief that if you want to be heard, if you get angry, you
Unknown:need to use your voice and yell and that kind of thing. But
Unknown:later on, I learned, you know, that's not really beneficial.
Unknown:And sometimes you get a lot more done with kind words I was I was
Unknown:had gone through Stephen Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective
Unknown:People. And the great habits, one of which is seek first to
Unknown:understand then to be understood. And he talks about
Unknown:how you talk in conversation about how, if there's an issue,
Unknown:you don't just go to the person and say, Look, I have a problem
Unknown:with this. And this, and I'm angry. Because of this, you
Unknown:start first saying, Okay, now, there is a problem here, I want
Unknown:to hear your view, first, tell me what's going on.
Unknown:And then once they tell you, when you start to open up and
Unknown:talk about it, then you can say, Okay,
Unknown:this is how I felt about it. And this was my response. And then I
Unknown:think that's what really gets the conversation going. But just
Unknown:to understand the other person, before you interject what your
Unknown:own personal view is on the topic, can clear up a whole lot
Unknown:of stuff right off the bat.
Unknown:Wow, yeah, and see, those are the tools that we need out
Unknown:there. This is, like, for me, such a precious conversation
Unknown:we're having because
Unknown:I was, yeah, like you, I didn't have these tools. And then you
Unknown:just need to read it sometimes in a good book, or experience it
Unknown:with a friend, that there is other ways to communicate and to
Unknown:get people to listen to you and understand you. And like you
Unknown:just said, the minute the second, the person in front of
Unknown:you knows that you want to hear them out first. That's when they
Unknown:open up and they kind of become soft and open to receive your
Unknown:message as well. And
Unknown:it's such a beautiful, yeah, way to connect, and the only way to
Unknown:rehab a romantic relationship.
Unknown:Yet we are all a little shy when it comes to expressing our
Unknown:feelings. But a few more more people want to go down that path
Unknown:and see that this is this is the way to go to connect and feel
Unknown:fulfilled.
Unknown:I agree. I mean, it's so true. Like, what you're saying is,
Unknown:people I think oftentimes are afraid to reveal the real self,
Unknown:to reveal how they truly feel because it makes you vulnerable.
Unknown:You know, and it leaves you open to I don't know, whatever you
Unknown:want to call it and judgment or
Unknown:just
Unknown:seeming to be what's the word for it?
Unknown:I guess just open and vulnerable. But the truth is
Unknown:that, I mean, I went through a period in time where I was very
Unknown:reserved. And I felt if people got to know the real me, they
Unknown:wouldn't like it. And I had a guy say to me says, Well, if you
Unknown:do that your whole life, then then how do you really connect?
Unknown:How do you tell people who you really are, he says you need to
Unknown:get that out there. And you know, it's okay to be sad or
Unknown:lonely or to cry or whatever. But in that connection, you get
Unknown:to know them on a personal basis, and they get to know you.
Unknown:And that's a lot better than just being reserved and closed
Unknown:off to people all the time. Totally. Yeah. And the moment
Unknown:you allow yourself to be open and soft.
Unknown:The other person will do the same, maybe not at the same
Unknown:pace. But they will know oh, I can actually trust that person.
Unknown:I can open up to them because they have done it already.
Unknown:So it builds trust and intimacy and, and you for your part, you
Unknown:find out pretty quickly, oh, can that person handle my true self?
Unknown:Or can they not? And if they can, yeah, then it makes you
Unknown:fall in love even more with them. And if they can't, then
Unknown:you know, but you can't
Unknown:stop doing it. Just because they don't respond well. You have to
Unknown:stay true to yourself. And just know that you're not the cup of
Unknown:tea or that other personnel, but don't change and don't start to
Unknown:suppress again and
Unknown:put a mask on right it's it's a tricky, tricky situation to be
Unknown:in. If you've been closed up for a long time. I can see how that
Unknown:was maybe hard for you at the beginning.
Unknown:But if you had a good partner and had a good experience
Unknown:You know, now that it's totally worth it?
Unknown:Yeah, absolutely.
Unknown:Yeah, it's a lot better to be known than to just be in your
Unknown:own shell. It's funny, you say cup of tea too, because I got my
Unknown:real gray right here, and so good.
Unknown:Very classy as usual, David. Awesome.
Unknown:Thank you. Thank you. Very good, very good. Is there
Unknown:other things that you've learned in the last couple of years in
Unknown:the last decade about communicating
Unknown:in a relationship that you would like to share with? My gosh,
Unknown:well, I do have an engineering background. So I do have that
Unknown:very logical mind. You know,
Unknown:sometimes that's tough for me to deal with. But one thing I've
Unknown:learned, which is very important, is how to fight fair,
Unknown:huh, because there are going to be fights. And when you have
Unknown:your first fight, you need to write it down in your journal
Unknown:right to make sure, hey, this was our first fight, and we got
Unknown:over it. But I mean, to fight fair is so important. And what
Unknown:that entails is basically,
Unknown:when you have a disagreement, you stay focused on on the topic
Unknown:at hand, you don't bring up other things outside of that,
Unknown:you know, I've often heard in the midst of our argument is and
Unknown:another thing, you know, and it's just like, Alright, if
Unknown:we're gonna argue about, say the laundry, you argue about it,
Unknown:what are the points where the good points, the bad points and,
Unknown:and just stay focused on the topic. And I think a lot of
Unknown:times to you, you need to just clearly define what it is that
Unknown:you're mad about or bothered about, as my clock, what you're
Unknown:mad or bothered about? And, and just stay, I guess, involved in
Unknown:that. And then when it's over, let it be over. and move on.
Unknown:Yes. Yeah. don't cling on to stuff and have the mindset of
Unknown:wanting to resolve instead of accusing and blaming the other
Unknown:person and, you know, lashing out with your resentment that
Unknown:you've been holding back on, holding back for, I don't know,
Unknown:the last days or weeks.
Unknown:That's very, very important to talk about. Yeah.
Unknown:Oh, yeah. That's so true. and head towards it. With a goal of
Unknown:resolution. Yes. Like, we are going to get through these
Unknown:emotions. And then at the end, it will be fixed. And I'm
Unknown:looking for her to feel good. I'm looking for me to feel good.
Unknown:And yeah, so it's really just like Steven Covey says again,
Unknown:and with Win Win
Unknown:now, and with a win win solution is what you're heading for. Yes.
Unknown:Yeah. Then you can trust and just get navigate through it.
Unknown:And know that. Yeah, it's gonna be over soon. It's just a little
Unknown:nasty right now. But we both have the same goal.
Unknown:That's,
Unknown:yeah, very practice advice. And then when it comes to
Unknown:No, yeah, sorry. I was gonna say I have a question for you. Yeah.
Unknown:Specifically for you because you are a multinational.
Unknown:Have you run into this issue? And how do you deal with it the
Unknown:the problem of being from another country so you're, you
Unknown:know, you're from Germany, and part French, but you're in
Unknown:Canada.
Unknown:If you were to date an American, how do you do Is there like a
Unknown:language barrier issue that you've run into or had to work
Unknown:through before? It's not so much the language barrier, but it is
Unknown:the way that I was expressing myself. And that goes for my
Unknown:German self. Same as my French or my, my English self. If you
Unknown:want to put it that way.
Unknown:I was not capable to set boundaries or to tell a person
Unknown:when they make me feel uncomfortable, or
Unknown:I was not open. I was not trying to create common grounds.
Unknown:And it has nothing to do with nationality here. I think it's
Unknown:just the way I, I experienced relationships and just thought
Unknown:this is how we got to live in a relationship.
Unknown:What I learned though, here in North America is that people
Unknown:value politeness, a lot, and non non directness, if you can put
Unknown:it that way. Not being direct.
Unknown:is so kind of beating around the bush.
Unknown:And that's something I had to learn to address and it
Unknown:It makes me a softer and kind of person, because in Germany,
Unknown:we're very direct. And you can shut people down with that and
Unknown:hurt people and make people feel shitty. And then they react. And
Unknown:you don't understand why.
Unknown:And here I learned politeness good goes first. So I learned to
Unknown:be a little more polite and gentle. And to communicate
Unknown:differently. Yeah.
Unknown:But it has nothing to do with with my English skills, it has
Unknown:all to do with how I thought relationship worked. And I must
Unknown:say, like North American culture helped me to to become
Unknown:a better communicator. And to know that politeness is good,
Unknown:sometimes better than directness, but still be honest
Unknown:and tell the person how you feel. But don't don't do it in a
Unknown:hurtful way.
Unknown:Right. Yeah. And I can totally see that. I mean, I lived in
Unknown:Germany for 10 weeks, and they are very direct. And they'll
Unknown:tell you, you know, this is how it is. And sometimes it's like,
Unknown:whoa, hold on a second. But a friend of mine told me once they
Unknown:said they said tact is the ability to say anything to
Unknown:anyone, but not elicit negative emotions. And I think tact goes
Unknown:a long way. Yeah. But from my perspective, with the language
Unknown:barrier, I have a tough enough time expressing myself in
Unknown:English. If I had to express myself in German, that would be
Unknown:hard.
Unknown:Yeah. Thank god like relationship stuff. As we said
Unknown:earlier, before the interview, like a lot of things happen
Unknown:in between the lines and body language.
Unknown:So people were always kind of understanding what I was going
Unknown:to say or what I meant. That's just the beauty of in person
Unknown:interaction.
Unknown:And it's,
Unknown:I don't know, I didn't find it more difficult in a foreign
Unknown:language. I don't know why.
Unknown:Interesting. Well, you seem to have a very good grasp on the
Unknown:English language and can express yourself very well. Except it
Unknown:was off days when you're like, my English is not so good.
Unknown:Yeah, I really have those days when I'm fishing for my words,
Unknown:and they just don't want to come forward. But yeah, I don't I
Unknown:don't take it as an excuse not to show up.
Unknown:Yeah.
Unknown:Is there
Unknown:any other area like we had communication and setting
Unknown:boundaries, as a man
Unknown:that you would like to talk about when it comes to
Unknown:relationships that you like can put a finger on it or something
Unknown:you always wanted to know?
Unknown:Like the answer from a woman when it comes to relationships?
Unknown:Is there anything that you think are you guys don't make sense in
Unknown:this area? Or why do you do this? I had a conversation about
Unknown:nagging the other day.
Unknown:That's more Yeah, something that women do I feel men can do that
Unknown:too. But is there something you would like to ask or share
Unknown:from your past or maybe present?
Unknown:I'm kind of coming up blank, but the only thing I can think of is
Unknown:Why do women go to the bathroom and pears?
Unknown:Really good question.
Unknown:So I'm just going to share from my experience other women might
Unknown:answer it in a different way.
Unknown:When I go to the bathroom with my
Unknown:girlfriends, it's to discuss quickly what the next move is
Unknown:going to be or what we want.
Unknown:Do we want to stay? Do we want want to go somewhere else is the
Unknown:guy who just started talking to you. Good for you. Or do you
Unknown:want me to scare them off?
Unknown:so seriously, you can talk about the boys right? Yeah, and then
Unknown:also like, bullshit stuff like Oh, I love your makeup. What
Unknown:kind of lipstick is this?
Unknown:Oh, I'm on my period. Can you give me a tampon? Like, maybe
Unknown:maybe this is all you guys imagine? We were talking about
Unknown:and Yeah, it is. It is what we talk about.
Unknown:Ah,
Unknown:Ah, wonderful. All the mysteries are solved.
Unknown:Yes. Yeah, I hope it was in depth enough.
Unknown:So do you have a question about from a female's perspective?
Unknown:What you've always wondered about guys either dating or, or
Unknown:otherwise? Or what we're thinking or why sometimes we
Unknown:don't think before we do something or say something. Mm
Unknown:hmm. That's when I like guys most when they don't think.
Unknown:Because it's
Unknown:it's a natural state to be in. I would love to know what guys
Unknown:think about feminism. And the me to movement if you've heard
Unknown:about it. And if you think that feminism is outdated, or if you
Unknown:think feminism is a good thing, and yeah, there should be more
Unknown:women out there.
Unknown:Being active in feminism.
Unknown:Wow, we are really going deep on this podcast, are we? Well, is
Unknown:that a surprise to you?
Unknown:It should not be?
Unknown:Well, I will This is my views speaking from a male's
Unknown:perspective, and also a Christian perspective is, I
Unknown:think women should be able to do practically whatever they want,
Unknown:I don't think that women should be repressed. I think if
Unknown:anything is available to them job wise, or career wise, you
Unknown:know, go for it. It's the land of opportunity. I guess Canada
Unknown:is the same way in North America, I don't know. But there
Unknown:is a problem with being over feminine, to where, and this
Unknown:goes back to the dating is.
Unknown:If you are too focused on the feminine to be the dominant
Unknown:gender, it removes the roles that the males have. And that's
Unknown:what I've found in dating is that
Unknown:if a woman says she can do everything, and this I see on a
Unknown:lot of profiles is that they're an independent woman and they
Unknown:don't need a guy. Well, the truth is, if you don't need a
Unknown:guy, then I don't have a role to fall into. Exactly. You know,
Unknown:you might be adept at, let's say, plumbing, or electrical
Unknown:work, and you your toilet fails, you need a new toilet. So you go
Unknown:to the hardware store, you buy a new toilet, you learn how to
Unknown:change it, you know, whatever. And maybe in the guy who went
Unknown:well, I could do that. And you're like, No, I don't need
Unknown:it. But honestly, if you if you know how to do that stuff, or if
Unknown:you know how to wire you in kitchen, you can but if you give
Unknown:the guy in in, say, David,
Unknown:I need this wiring gun in my kitchen, can you help? I can't
Unknown:do it. You know, I'd be more than happy to say yes, I will do
Unknown:that. I know how to do it. This is great. This is my job. Even
Unknown:if you could do it, offer it to him anyway. Because that gives
Unknown:him a spot to take a spot to fill. Yes. And so being
Unknown:independent isn't so much a need or necessity as it is to give
Unknown:that role or any role a role to the guy. So I think feminism a
Unknown:lot of times takes away those roles.
Unknown:That you know, men and women generally tend to fall in
Unknown:certain roles. Men, women be the nurturers. Yeah. And men being
Unknown:the warriors and the breadwinners. Yeah, and I think
Unknown:together, we can form that image of a perfect union of a perfect
Unknown:couple that no two of us no one of us can do on our own. Yes.
Unknown:Yes. Oh, my God, I'm so glad we brought that up. Because this is
Unknown:exactly what I feel is going on. out there right now. There's so
Unknown:many women who are fighting for independency and they are fear
Unknown:driven and aggressive. At the same time they want to be dating
Unknown:and want to be held and you know, be given roses. But a man
Unknown:is repulsed like is scared of these women and is not going to
Unknown:be the masculine
Unknown:part that he can and wants to be because the woman is playing
Unknown:both sides. And I feel women who are too caught up in the
Unknown:feminism shoot themselves in the own heel or back or however you
Unknown:say that an English
Unknown:foot or foot awesome. I had all my my joints here.
Unknown:Because it is it is like a mass emotional mass castration that
Unknown:is going on out there and men don't know Okay, which one
Unknown:should we play? We want to be there for you. We want
Unknown:protect you, we want to guide you. And women want to be
Unknown:protected and guided. But the women that are out there right
Unknown:now, not all of them, of course, but some are so aggressive and
Unknown:think that they have to do it all. And men are the problem.
Unknown:But they don't see that they themselves are blocking
Unknown:themselves from a genuine,
Unknown:happy relationship with a man. Unless the man is willing to
Unknown:give his masculinity up at the door. And to, I don't know, mold
Unknown:into some feminine, or non gender,
Unknown:creature, it works. But if the man wants to be the man and
Unknown:wants to play that role in a woman's life, it's not gonna
Unknown:work. It's like two magnets of the same pole. They're not gonna
Unknown:attract each other.
Unknown:Yeah, and then we have a whole host of other problems. And even
Unknown:even if the man does choose to be emasculated and come into
Unknown:that role, where the woman still takes on the masculine roles.
Unknown:Yeah, you know, it's, it's basically, there, I say it
Unknown:against his nature. Yeah, because that's how we deal with
Unknown:I mean, if you look at if you look at all animals, and humans
Unknown:in particular, the males are bigger than the females, they're
Unknown:stronger, they're taller, and you can just look around at
Unknown:society and see this and look around in nature. And it's the
Unknown:same way. I had a German Shepherd, you know, and he was
Unknown:he was an awfully large dog and German Shepherds, the females
Unknown:tend to be slightly smaller,
Unknown:and the male sheperson be slightly bigger.
Unknown:So yes, they do have that males are given that protective role.
Unknown:But yeah, just like what you're saying is if they, they are
Unknown:subservient to the female with their own roles, then they lose
Unknown:their place. Yeah. And then and I think that's, that would be
Unknown:trouble for, for that couple. Totally. Because the
Unknown:attractiveness of attractiveness, sorry, goes out
Unknown:the window at the same time to the woman is not going to be
Unknown:attracted to that guy anymore. Even though she forces him into
Unknown:that role.
Unknown:On a chemistry level, she will not be attracted to him anymore,
Unknown:if he substance submits to that. And I feel women's Yeah, and
Unknown:she's not gonna be able to respect him either. Exactly. And
Unknown:the guy himself is not going to respect himself, either. And
Unknown:that's
Unknown:where depression and everything can start. So yeah, women should
Unknown:should be finding their femininity again and feel
Unknown:empowered and feminine again, and not trying to take on the
Unknown:man's role. And think that's the new feminine. No, because it is
Unknown:not. It's just, as we said, like emasculating, and causing
Unknown:troubles on so many levels. When it comes to relationships.
Unknown:I feel Yeah, it's very important to talk about. And we're slowly
Unknown:coming to an end here, we we hit the 40 minutes here.
Unknown:Is there 40 minutes is up. I know, is there something you
Unknown:would like to add? When it comes to
Unknown:fighting fair? boundaries, communication,
Unknown:role models?
Unknown:I think one of the most important things in
Unknown:relationships is to be kind.
Unknown:And to know that your partner is a part of you.
Unknown:You know, you wouldn't be cruel to yourself. And the truth is
Unknown:that it's a joint venture, that if you were not kind to them,
Unknown:it's like you're not being kind to yourself. You know, I always
Unknown:always thought about rolls around the house, if, if the
Unknown:dishes don't get washed, if I don't wash them, then she has
Unknown:to. And if she doesn't, then I have to. So you might as well
Unknown:pick up the slack because you're you're a team. And that's how
Unknown:you have to work. And I think one of the other most important
Unknown:things is communication. I've always said that. I don't know
Unknown:how you're thinking or feeling unless you tell me. Sometimes
Unknown:you gotta tell me two or three times because sometimes I'm just
Unknown:oblivious or I'm watching TV or doing something else.
Unknown:But to tell me, sometimes I'm just clueless. And so let me
Unknown:know what you're thinking and feeling. With tact ideally, but
Unknown:without you're that committed.
Unknown:case in part and say, hey, look, this is how I feel right now.
Unknown:I don't want you to know that and then knowing that I can
Unknown:respond. But in a way if you don't communicate that
Unknown:it's partly your fault.
Unknown:Because unless you tell me, or somehow I, since I'm not gonna
Unknown:know. So kindness and communication are both very
Unknown:important in any relationship. Yes. That's, yeah, such a
Unknown:beautiful wrap up of the episode. It's
Unknown:very genuine and from the heart and just things that we have to
Unknown:hear a times because women can maybe sense things or read in
Unknown:between lines. But we can expect our partner to be doing that and
Unknown:have to know and trust that if we express ourselves, we will be
Unknown:heard. And we will meet
Unknown:together and work things out together. Yeah. Very, very
Unknown:beautiful. Absolutely. Thank you so so much, David, for being
Unknown:here today. On the floor. This was great.
Unknown:This was wonderful.
Unknown:Yeah, there was a little bit of a delay here and between us. But
Unknown:yeah, thank you so much for listening to this interview with
Unknown:David Lee, it is very important to keep the balance to keep some
Unknown:good positive tension in between men and women. But I think the
Unknown:main message here is we got to communicate honestly, we have to
Unknown:be kind with each other. And know that we both want the same.
Unknown:We're on a team. We're together in this and we want to
Unknown:support each other and be there for each other.
Unknown:This won't be the last interview, were asked for a
Unknown:man's perspective. I feel it is very important to talk about in
Unknown:those times right now. So yes, stay tuned and we will be out
Unknown:there very soon again for you. Bye