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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

Every time I see one of these types of memes I always just assume that the guy is just as clueless as in The Break Up movie lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 18 hours ago

Are the straights okay?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

OP is a douche

[–] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if she gets quiet because she's brought up the same, exact issue multiple times and she's tired of her concerns being invalidated and forgotten as "women, am I right?"

This can go both ways. She could be upset he's not a mind reader, or she could be upset that he doesn't give a fuck. A " Schrodinger's Douchebag" if you will.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Everybody Sucks Here

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

The old ball and chain! Am I right?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

Wife bad amirite fellas upvotes to the left <-

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's a relationship cheat code I use all the time. It usually stops everything in it's tracks and sets you on a much more positive path, especially if they're not used to you doing this. When you find yourself at that point in a conversation where you're about to shout something like "OH FFS! WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW?!" instead... you pause, look at them, tilt your head a bit, narrow your eyes thoughtfully and say as calmly as you can "What do you need?". No matter how mad they get after that you just keep asking that question until they respond to it. If you haven't done that before it may take them a while to even notice you asked that question. Just keep going. Oh also top tip... when they tell you what they need don't invalidate it. It's hard for a lot of people to directly tell you what they actually need. If they do then they're trusting you to listen. Breaking that trust will take you right back to square one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What if you physically attacked by that person tho?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago

Then what they need is to no longer be in the relationship.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well stop trying to make this relationship work, pack your bag and run. If you are in this situation i hope it will get better for you! good luck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Then it's finally time to get the plate mail. Fool me once, you can't get fooled again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You look them in the eye and kiss them tenderly. It might be their kink.

[–] [email protected] 81 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you and your partner can't talk to each other like adults in a relationship ..... it won't be a relationship for very long.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not true my shitty ass marriage of mutual animosity has lasted almost two decades. So... I got that going for me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

That's not a relationship .... that's Stockholm syndrome

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd rather be single than have that. My sister has a weird couple as friends, they're always so hostile and sarcastic to each other, constantly arguing. Why anyone would stay willingly in a relationship like that is beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Codependency. Lots of people can't stand to be by themselves so they'd rather be in a terrible relationship than being alone.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of people never had positive role models when it comes to sharing their feelings.

When I started dating my now wife, she would sometimes ignore me for a week if we got into a disagreement, just because she couldn't tell me what's bothering her and be real with her own emotions.

She's grown a lot since then and when there's inevitably a new argument we can resolve it very quickly now.

Communication is important, but it's something you have to learn.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

Way to help her out yo. She is really lucky to have someone who cares enough to be that patient with her.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've learned to ask "what's on your mind?" instead. It's less accusatory than assuming something is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I've used "Talk to me, what's going on?"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Full-on witchcraft advice going on here, lads. Stay away.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I get it! Wife bad! ROFLOL

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago

Wait - I am muted on a conference call. Let me unmute to laugh.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Wife bad, amirite?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago

Yeah, uh, communication is an important part of a relationship. If your partner gets mad because you ask "what's wrong" then you might need to have a talk with them. If they refuse then it's probably time to walk away.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She’ll get even madder if you try to defend yourself saying β€œI can’t read your mind”…

because that makes it too obvious you weren’t listening when she explicitly told you what was wrong.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (10 children)

because that makes it too obvious you weren’t listening ~~when~~ if she explicitly told you what was wrong.

If. Not saying it doesn't happen, but it's not common, especially not explicitly. And that's not really a male/female/etc thing, it's an everybody thing - people get upset and usually don't know exactly why. People experience delayed reactions to emotional triggers that happened days or weeks ago. People project past emotional reactions onto present interactions, usually not for any identifiable reason (this is not to belittle or invalidate the emotion, but just to point out that the connection is usually tenuous and vague).

Getting more angry when someone asks you why you seem upset is typically a defensive reaction - you don't know why you feel so upset right now, at least not for any specific reason you can express in the moment... so being asked why is putting pressure on you when you're already experiencing some anxiety, and the typical response is to try to deflect and defend against that pressure.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I hope you one day realize that only a subset of possible partners are like this and that you can find more emotionally intelligent people if you’re willing to spend time and effort putting yourself out there. It will improve your life greatly in the long run

[–] [email protected] -5 points 21 hours ago

Yeah ! Misogyny ! Welcome to my block list, OP !

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Another one for the blocklist

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

I was worried when I saw so many comments but yall are aight here.

Also you should block me, but for much different reasons.

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