Name' sake

mab{His} - Can I open this up to a discussion?
I dunno if that is true for all women or even many of us. Maybe so for your friend. Its as if you say that without anyone of these men her house will not stay up.

Interesting more so that you used a house as the building of choice. Do men have houses too, are the corners made up of the women in their lives?

Jack in the box -
Of course, public forum ☺
Thank you.

That is definitely food for thought, yes. My analogy very much fits this persons current situation - but I know there are many variations possible - I suppose it is relevant to the influences you had/have that helped (or hurt) who you are as an adult.

mab{His} - Just my personal opinion, the roles that these men can play in our lives are often lasting and I can see why you would describe them as foundational pillars. Mostly because they exert their influences when we are younger, where we often cannot do anything about it. But as adult you can sometimes easily remove your own agency by giving them foundation status, especially when its a negative influence.

Make that house any construction of choice (I'm partial to a space ship), make the foundation pillars herself. Now you will have something she will want to live in!

Jack in the box - Very well said, I understand - thank you ☺
(I chose the analogy of a house because I am a builder 😏)

Jack in the box - I am also speaking in the masculine influence, not in any way trying to discredit the feminine - I can see how it could easily be taken that way tho - not my intention.

slaveMikayla​(sub female){MstrJ } - I guess I'm with Moongirl on this one.... i think it would need to be fleshed out for others as in my own life I had: no brother, no uncle except the one who raised me, an absentee father, and a non present husband. Perhaps your analogy does stand and this explains my *issues* LOL.

In my case if I had four male influences it is

1. Dad (not father, uncle who stepped in)
2. Priest
3. first boyfriend's father
4. Daddy (ex Master)

Jack in the box -
Thank you for sharing Ms Faith.

slaveMikayla​(sub female){MstrJ } - Thank you for the thought process, Mr.Jack

Jack in the box -
Food for thought, I thought 😏
You are quite welcome ⚘

You both have brought up some very valid points.

Literate Lycan​(dom male) - Great blog. I always enjoy reading your writing. Reading this caused me to think and thankfully I stopped there.

Jack in the box -
Lol - I am glad you liked it LL, thank you.
Your recent post was quite enjoyable as well 👍

Bunnie - Perhaps the central pillar could be her own masculinity (?)

Bunnie - *not as foundational... but still necessary.

I quite like your analogy. Looking beyond the “literal” aspect of it, I can see a lot of truth in it.

Jack in the box -
Thank you Ms Bunnie ☺
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