"I will break you"

Would like some opinions on this statement..

My SO asks me if I had taken the dominant role in my past relationship because he *senses* that from me. He then commented and said, "I Will break you, you know that right?" I asked him what would happen if he couldn't break me, and he said there was no 'couldn't', and that he could break me right now if he wanted to...and that there wan't any 'what if' about it.

Now, I knew he was a bit dominant, not in a bad way..but I never believed it to be like this. I'm wondering if this may pose a problem in the future, because I definitely do not see myself 'breaking' for Anyone. And if he expects me to fold, he's got a big surprise.

What makes a man feel like he must be like this? Ego, insecurity?

This question just came completely out of the blue one afternoon.

I will go ahead and assume that an SO is military related?

and if so...its nothing but psychological games...welcome to the military.

Everyone can be "broken"...and that is not such a bad thing, he means you will learn that YOUR ego is not always that important...and that you have too know when to listen to others.

Is it his ego? no...its his job. And the only place ego plays a part in this...is if you think you cannot be second in command to anyone...we all have to learn to follow once in awhile. And actually, it will make your life there much easier.

But overall....its just games.