Doing so without your proper, informed, and discussed agreement is not something that I enjoyed nor was it something I would have done had I not seen the situation spiraling into something that would be difficult to wrangle back under control had I not. Orders are not how I wish to proceed, nor are they what I believe to be conducive to this or really almost any relationship outside of strictly military matters.
[ He breathes out. ]
I will not say something so 'asinine' as 'you gave me no choice' because all of the choice was mine. However, what I will say is that you have consistently acted in a way that takes away viable alternatives and makes pursuing the paths I would prefer, in partnership and mutual agreement, impossible at current. And I say so having tried to pursue them as such for months on end and with numerous attempts.
Whatever frustration or disrespect or disregard I have no doubt made you feel, I will assure you that your actions have done the same to me well before now, and that is not an excuse for my choices. Only information I do not believe you had.
I come to you now because it is obvious that the current course is detrimental to your mental health and another course must be found. I will not cure the disease by killing the patient. In pursuit of that path, I would like your earnest feedback in whatever form you can provide it, even if it is so inelegant as shaking hands or a wordless scream.
I will repeat again that there is no wrong answer and that at no point and in no way do I wish or intend to punish you. If it has felt like a punishment, that is not something which I can control, only react to.
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Doing so without your proper, informed, and discussed agreement is not something that I enjoyed nor was it something I would have done had I not seen the situation spiraling into something that would be difficult to wrangle back under control had I not. Orders are not how I wish to proceed, nor are they what I believe to be conducive to this or really almost any relationship outside of strictly military matters.
[ He breathes out. ]
I will not say something so 'asinine' as 'you gave me no choice' because all of the choice was mine. However, what I will say is that you have consistently acted in a way that takes away viable alternatives and makes pursuing the paths I would prefer, in partnership and mutual agreement, impossible at current. And I say so having tried to pursue them as such for months on end and with numerous attempts.
Whatever frustration or disrespect or disregard I have no doubt made you feel, I will assure you that your actions have done the same to me well before now, and that is not an excuse for my choices. Only information I do not believe you had.
I come to you now because it is obvious that the current course is detrimental to your mental health and another course must be found. I will not cure the disease by killing the patient. In pursuit of that path, I would like your earnest feedback in whatever form you can provide it, even if it is so inelegant as shaking hands or a wordless scream.
I will repeat again that there is no wrong answer and that at no point and in no way do I wish or intend to punish you. If it has felt like a punishment, that is not something which I can control, only react to.