This is critical: never make your role in relationship to anyone you care about contingent on their continued powerlessness relative to you.
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White knight behavior irritates me like little else, because it's symptomatic of someone else *building an identity for themselves* around their own perception of *my* weakness/vulnerability
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To be clear, there's nothing inherently pathological about being helpful or protective. The difference is whether or not the relationship can accommodate the weaker party becoming stronger without cutting against anyone's sense of purpose.
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And this isn't just a thing that can characterize romantic relationships — the worst is when parents (usually moms) do this to their children, using the child's weakness to justify their overprotection while undermining all influences that might allow them to become stronger.
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Gotta get with the green knight for real
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Don’t worry, I will protect you from them!
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I too, m’lady *tips fedora*
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See: "Gaslight"
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White custodian is bad. A shield in some moments is good.
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Damned if you do, damned if you don't.......https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xw3D7teUL8 …
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Your "building and identity for yourself" is all well and good until you're mired deep in the muck, surrounded by evil, bereft of hope. Where the hell do you think the phrase originates?
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