Partnership (Power Dynamic) Piece

Monologue in the office

In any partnership,
There's the traditional roles of the alpha, superior, boss
and the lesser, docile, obedient one.
Like a unspoken rule, we remain silent as we accept it.
Like this imbalance of symmetry doesn't affect our chemistry.

Any change might lead to a fight for the power
as the dynamic swings back and forth like a hammock.

Words in Arguments have two voices
the one that comes from the person speaking and the untranslated one
in the person's head. Rarely enough if is the code interpreted.

Just let me talk - translated - My voice is the only one to be heard now
I don't understand - translated - I don't want to hear your side
You're wrong - translated - Stay in your place

... Stay in your place....

because there isn't enough room for you in mine
and I guess I missed that class lesson on sharing because I want all the power.

It doesn't just exist in the connections between couples,
But in any relationship. Boss to worker, older brother to younger brother

We often breed authority in experience before testing the applicability of the experience of the situation.
Doesn't matter, I'm older so I know better.

Whose to say the child better educated in how to create their art deserves the criticism of their parent.

Whose to say the dog who just can't understand deserves to be yelled at at mistakes.

Patience is more than a virtue these days, now it's a commodity.
There's nothing worse than wasting it on an unfair relationship.

I just feel that the foundation to any relationship deserves the pillars of love, trust, fidelity, and effort.
And if one partner forgets to bring their tools to build this, they leave an imbalance
which should call for the other partner to play the role of Atlas to bear that weight.


Unless we learn how to stand evenly on this playing field can we balance the power between us.



5 Points to cover

1. Discuss the power dynamic in partnerships with the traditional roles of person giving orders and the other that receives the orders.
2. Reveal the answer to good partnership as balance
3. Describe the argument process in the struggle for power
4. Mention the applicability of this issue of power dynamic in all types of relationships
5. Discuss the foundations of a relationship