There are two kinds of relationships between individuals and others: to submit to others or to make others submit to oneself. Nicole played a submissive role in this marriage and lost herself. Even though Charlie was still as dazzling as a star in the sky in his heart, she did not dare to continue to be infatuated. She wanted to be an independent, free and complete individual. Who doesn't want to, no matter how good the other half is, if you don't keep up, the gap between the two will get farther and farther. In the end, you may not only fail to be called a good wife, but you may not be worthy of this relationship. Originally equal emotional relationships, it is easy for one party to temporarily take a step ahead in wisdom or career, without waiting for the other party to catch up, and then the distance grows and becomes more and more unfamiliar and there is no common language. Gradually the lagging party passively enters the submissive role; the leading party leads the way and makes various decisions for both parties. This became a submissive relationship between the two. Fromm believed that this cage of relationships between individuals and others could be rescued by "love". But first of all love must have the ability to achieve this kind of love and concern for others under the conditions of ensuring that the integrity of the self is not affected, rather than making others submit to me. Nicole hasn't reached that capacity yet, and she'll never be if she continues to play the submissive role, so she'll have to stand on her own and stop devoting herself to others, and learn to perfect herself in order to get the ability to truly love. .
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