I have a young SHB mistress. Relationship is based largely on DHV as one can imagine. I'm experiencing some behaviours, probably inherent in the dynamic, but which I'd like to 'retrain'/condition. I need some pointers on how to do this, ideally good training articles appropriate outside of a bar environment.
Here are the issues I deal with often:
- Expects me to pay for shopping (groceries, clothes, pets) and doesn't thank me. Truly expects it! I'm happy to pay/help, but I'd like her to show reciprocal gratitude with the kind of activity I want (time, effort and sex). Ideally I'd like her to earn each gift.
- Sulking and averting as mechanisms to handle conflict
- She (surreptitiously) text flirts with other guys - the kind of guys one would expect to find around an SHB. I think I respond very badly, and DLV myself in the process. I'm assured of her fidelity (for now) but it drives me wild! She claims it's because she needs to keep her options alive as I can't commit, which is logically sound. But I need to remedy this somehow. I'd also like to know how one is supposed to deal without DLV'ing oneself.