You got this right Amante.I said as much on the first page of this thread, and I still believe it to be the case.
The forgotten chore is irrelevant to the issue here. This issue became much bigger than it should have been because of an inconsistency in the tone in which Hank leads this woman. It is very apparent to me right here:
As I stated earlier, a woman who cares will follow the tone in which you set. Many men assume this is a good thing and that it means a woman will always fall in line, but that is not always the case. When your very own tone conflicts, they will follow with conflict in kind, and this is often when the drama unfolds.
You do not tell a woman it is OK only to get upset with her because she behaves as if everything is OK. Women do this all of the time with men; say everything is fine when it is not, and this is not the way a man should lead a woman.
Expecting a woman to be submissive is one thing, most especially when your expectations are clear and well defined. It is quite another to expect a woman to be submissive to your inner struggles that are not clearly expressed and an be conflictive with your own behavior, words, etc.
IMO, Hank should have expressed that he was upset with her and demanded his complimentary bl0wjob right there at the very moment she begged him not to get mad about her forgetting the chore.
This sh*t would have been wrapped up and resolved on his terms right then and there. He would have gotten the submissive woman he wanted leading with the right tone. Giving up the reigns by saying all is fine and then expecting them to act accordingly to your frame is not the way to go, IMO.
The "deeper issues" were his instincts kicking in at the mounting anomalies within his girlfriend's behaviour.
The missed chore is irrelevant and i highly suspect his girl knows it too.
Hanky here needs to ponder as to why his instincts is telling him something is off - one of man's greatest tool - use it to ur benefit Hank.
Don't disregard that instinct.
And this is where he failed.But, a woman cannot or will not continue to be submissive without an appropriate level of dominance applied.
He was not consistent.
I've often mentioned passive and dominant traits are inborn within a man.
Yes passive men could learn dominant traits - but there's always going to be this struggle - a tug of war within the passive man's personality to bring forth the dominant traits that he has learned.