And in my classes I can totally enjoy all of it. We create this sensual bubble all together where I get to dance it out, celebrate it, feel like a WOMAN! Together with all of these awesome women.
Then I come home and I want to share that mood with my man! But teaching sensual dance classes and working 40 hours a week in an office are quite different things, so our moods don’t always match when we see each other. And we’re parents of a 2,5 year old girl, who does nót like it when we pay attention to each other and not to her. She can get quite jealous. ‘Mij Fiend!’ (‘my friend!’) she will say while pulling my face close to hers.
A few days ago, when I tried to seduce him, but without much success, it happened.
It felt like something cracked inside of me and I fell silent. I lied still and felt the shit coming up. It felt something like: ‘Okay I give up, fuck it’.
‘I’ll go and find myself another lover’
‘What the FUCK.
Just… what the fuck.’
I threw the whole bucket of tears and blame over his head and still felt angry afterwards.
We were so tired we decided to go to sleep.
It was hard to fall asleep with that armor around me.Two days later, the sadness came up. The vulnerability underneath that armor. And all of a sudden I saw flashbacks of myself as a little girl in primary school. Feeling alone, not seen, not part of the group. It felt like every girl in my class had had a boyfriend at some point, but not me. I didn’t feel seen by boys. I was too shy, too insecure. I didn’t feel beautiful at all.
To hold hands with, to kiss, cuddle… To feel loved! For who I am.
And now I see why it’s the scariest thing in the world, to dance for my man. To seduce him with all that I’ve got.
I start to understand why I immediately transform into that 12 year old girl that longs so much to be seen by a boy,
when I show him the moves I taught that morning. While just an hour before that I was dancing like a sexy vamp in the dance studio!
There’s this little layer of awkwardness that covers my dance as soon as he’s in the room.
What if… he won’t think I’m beautiful.
I was really not aware of this pain inside, the last few years. I’m a bit surprised it comes up now, because most of the time I do feel beautiful! I love my body a lot of the time. I love to see myself dance.
And still, when I’m with my man, a certain insecurity is often there on the background.
Finally I understand why.
It was amazing to share this piece with my man. He received it with his heart wide open.
Gosh, relationships bring it all up man.
I love it.
Request: This is quite scary to share, so please don’t go and give me advice, or try to ‘fix’ it. I do love to hear if you recognize it, or what you feel when you read it. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful and vulnerable story Mila and, oh yes, this is so recognisable. Can’t tell how many times I went through a same kind of things, and why? For myself I can see that it was my way to find out what love is.
Lieve Mila,
Ik heb je ervaring gelezen en kan de gevoelens goed herkennen. Ontzettend knap hoe je beschrijft dat je vanuit boosheid terug gaat naar het gekwetste kind, naar de oorzaak in jezelf. En wat fijn dat Johan jou gehoord heeft met een open hart. Ik hou van je, dikke kus van mama.
Dankjewel lieve mam! Wat bijzonder dat je het ook herkent, ik hou ook van jou!
Lieve Mila, wat een open en kwetsbaar delen. Wat een prachtig en wezenlijk proces. Het voelt voor mij als de ware emancipatie. Dit is de onzekere grond, waarop mannen zich wagen als ze het initiatief nemen. Word mijn initiatief-ik niet afgewezen, als ik mijn verlangen aan de ander laat zien? En natuurlijk raakt het altijd aan oude pijnstukken uit je jeugd. Zo moedig hoe je dat in alle openheid ervaart en op onderzoek uitgaat. Ik bewonder je moed! En wees dankbaar voor de relatie, die je hebt, waarin je welkom bent, met heel, wie jij bent.
Lieve Tineke,
Dankjewel voor je reactie.
Je beschrijft het mooi!
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