Steellover wrote:
I think the term "FLR" means different things to different people. And it isn't necessarily always what you think it is.
I had a friend that was in a Female Led Relationship. They didn't call it that, but that's what it was. Neither he nor his partner were the least bit kinky; they were in fact both about as vanilla as communion wafers. But she was totally domineering, demanding, bossy, intrusive, haranging, and an extreme helicopter parent- to the point where she burned herself out before she burned him and her kids from mental stress.
I had to laugh at this because I'm staying at my daughter's right now. Though she's not domineering, she is the boss, no question. My son in law says, "yes dear" a lot. Their's is not a toxic FLR as the one you describe. They are vanilla living in a vanilla world, so they wouldn't know they're FLR, but he'd straight up tell you she's the boss, and he's in law enforcement and comfortable with her leading the show, so, go figure.
It's just you appreciate that relationships can be whatever satisfies a couple's needs and works for them, and good relationships/dynamics are beautiful no matter what flavor. T