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[–] [email protected] 49 points 5 months ago

The man living the dream

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 202 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Obviously fake and gay as fuck.

However, there's a lot of men that have never felt safe enough to do that with anyone. As we need it, badly, sometimes.

[–] [email protected] 96 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I cried the first time a gf was nice to me regularly.

I had some fucked up relationships. I'm doing good now though.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (14 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Plenty of toxic women out there.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I'm glad you've found some change. And I'm glad you have had someone give you that comfort.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Feeling lonely sucks, but man, whenever I'm listening to some people talk about past relationships they've been in, I end up feeling happy it hasn't happened yet.

I blame my parents. They have such an amazing mutually respectful, supportive and loving marriage that it has set an impossible standard for me to realize.

I wish media depicted more healthy relationships.

Half of people don't seem to even have an idea of what mundane everyday loving behaviour actually looks like. And the other half does know, but fetishise unhealthy bullshit. (TBH I do too, but I want to engage in it playfully, not full on I will now proceed to straight up destroy you emotionally that I've run into with some people. )

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I wish media depicted more healthy relationships.

And when they do they often portray them as effortless "found my soulmate" kind of relationships which is not how the real world works. Even if you have an amazing partner you need to put in effort to be an amazing partner to them yourself.

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Can confirm, lived my life as a guy 20yrs online, 30irl. Almost cried the first time someone held me. Wasn't even romantic, just platonic. I swear half of the world's problems would be solved if people were more accepting of men sharing physical affection.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 months ago

Ain't that the damn truth.

I've always been lucky to have partners and friends that were awesome about physical comfort and affection. But there's been times they weren't available, and it's the worst damn feeling to need that damn hug when you're falling apart, and not having it.

It's why I'll never, ever turn my back on someone needing it, even if I don't like them. Some things are just too damn important to hold back.

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