Unconscious spousal sabotage 8 upvotes | April 15, 2016 | by ornerycrank ------------------------- Is it typical for the wife of a beta man to unconsciously try to sabotage his efforts to improve himself? I started this journey about four weeks ago and just this past week I finally got my diet dialed in. And all fucking week my wife was trying to get me to eat extra sugary sweet stuff - some leftover chocolate pie she made (had a piece Sunday - it was delicious - didn't touch it since) and today some dessert at the restaurant that she didn't want to eat but didn't want to "go to waste." In the past, whenever I'd tried to maintain an exercise program and hit a tired, low motivation day she'd inevitably encourage me to NOT exercise - I could do it another day! And I'd always listen and usually fall out of the habit. My diet and exercise regime is my responsibility only - I understand that and own that fact. It definitely helps my motivation to deeply understand that I'm doing those things for me, myself and I. I hadn't really realized though how pervasive her subtly sabotaging behaviors are and were. Is this typical? ------------------------- Archived from https://theredarchive.com/post/207499