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Communicate your feelings with your partner first and foremost. Your partner might might have no idea you feel this way and might even think that his taking control is something you wanted. Perhaps he’s taken on a role he wasn’t comfortable with out of love for you.
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Tell him what you would like to see changed in your relationship, outlining specific areas where you feel you have lost control. Discuss methods of dealing with the issues, compromising until you reach an agreement on the issues.
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Create a game plan of ways you’ll react if you feel you are not in control and tell your partner what you’re planning. Make sure you follow through on it or you’ll lose even more control in your relationship.
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Take a good look at what your relationship is about. If you have all the control, it still won’t work. The idea behind relationships is for partners to balance control and work together on issues.
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Learn to tolerate some issues you can’t change. Sometimes taking control in a relationship means you take control of your own feelings and emotions. There might be a psychological reason your partner acts the way he does, and it benefits your relationship for you to be compliant sometimes.
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