Re: divorce in cohousing | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Moz (list![]() |
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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 17:32:35 -0800 (PST) |
Jenny Guy said: > Hi Doug, I know what you mean about the surprising amount of the sentiment > that people don't want to be told what to do, in cohousing.... not what I > expected either. I've been using consensus for a long time (oh dear, looks back, feels old...) and this has been a recurring theme. Perhaps because I came through anarchist groups, but I've seen "consensus means I never have to compromise" too many times to count. It's a really easy naive trap to fall into, especially for people used to coercive decision-making (ie, everyone). The jump from "your vote doesn't matter" or "because I said so" to "we decide together" is so large for many people that they really don't have the mental tools to think about how it will work, and it takes a few counter-examples to really understand that consensus means everyone adjusting and accommodating, all the time. And it takes time for knowing this to percolate in to feeling it. Taking what you wrote more at face value, few people want to get into situations where someone tells them what to do. For many, home is different from work exactly because at work they're told what to do all the time. One of the ugly myths in divorce is that it's between two people. Moz
- Re: divorce in cohousing, (continued)
- Re: divorce in cohousing Karen Scheer, February 17 2014
- Re: divorce in cohousing Jenny Guy, February 21 2014
- Re: divorce in cohousing Doug Huston, February 22 2014
- Re: divorce in cohousing Jenny Guy, March 1 2014
- Re: divorce in cohousing Moz, March 1 2014
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