CW: breaking of volcel pledge, also cringe topic, but if you need a break from war stuff, here you go
Edit: I realize now that the boyfriends think it is bjs are demeaning. I originally thought that she was saying the boyfriends thought it was demeaning not to get bjs. Lmao. That makes this even more intriguing
:sadness: sometimes you just stay together because your personalities have become compatible and you are both too poor and mutually financially interdependent
Oh no, I get that. But these relationships are being framed as the ideal, that's what I have issue with
Yeah they definately arent and im so suprised i fell into that boomer trope myself even with my partner and i mocking it for years and then quietly slipping into it.
I mean, we've been parents for barely a month and I'm already understanding the bone-weary tiredness that eats away at a healthy sex life. But that's not really about the fidelity part of marriage, which is what really transforms a legally-binding roommate into a marital partner.
Like, why are my wife and I not grabbing tail on the side if all we care about is the economics of marriage? Some couples certainly do. But the real emotional injury about infidelity isn't legalistic.