If you're in a relationship with a guy, do you ever give in to what you guy wants even though you don't want it? If you do that once in a while, it's called compromise. But if you find yourself giving in to your guy's every whim, you may be under his control. Check out The Dirty Dozen - 12 Ways Men Control Relationships With Women. Aim to please. Guys like to feel pampered and catered to by their women. Many men equate pampering with love and being catered to with devotion.

Of course, that's not the way it is, so if you find yourself catering to your man five or more times each week, you may be under his control. To be sure, try this - go one week without doing the usual things you do to pamper him and see how he reacts. If he throws a fit because he's dinner isn't on the table at 7p.m. every night like it usually is, you've got a problem on your hands.

Does it seem like you're the only one who does all the pampering and catering in the relationship? For instance, are you always planning great getaways, fabulous dinners and exciting leisure activities while your man sits back and enjoys them? Does he ever do that for you? If the answer is no, he may be controlling you and you don't even know it. He's exercising passive control when he allows you to continue doing these things, but he gives you nothing in return.

He simply assumes that he doesn't need to do anything because you always do it. To be sure you're in this situation, go one month without planning a single activity for the two of you. See if he takes the reigns and does it. If not, you've got a problem on your hands and you need to talk to him about it. You've got your assignments - in your relationship, do you have the things you must do, like clean the bathrooms, wash the dishes, etc.