• Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world
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    17 years of marriage this year. 21 years together.

    This morning, we were cuddling, and she asked, “Do you think other couples love each other as much as we do?”

    I said, “I hope there are lots.” Then we made out, had sex, and started the day—I went grocery shopping while she cleaned the kitchen. When I got back, we put everything away, made out again in the kitchen, and now I’m stretched out on a freshly made bed while she watches TV.

    I know, it sounds disgustingly perfect. And honestly? It is. This is my life, every day, with the woman I adore more everyday.

    If you’re reading this, I just want you to know—this kind of love exists. It’s real. But it’s not luck. It’s something you build, something you protect, something you choose every single day.

    It’s worth it.

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    Idk man, it seems pretty sad that you can’t just say “hey i’m headed home to rest”. Or just declare a time you’re gonna go home early.

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      Social pressure is hard. They’ll say “nooo just another round”, instead a “I have to go or my wife will castrate me in my sleep” is much more effective

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    Super, super early days, but I just started talking to this guy, and for the first time ever I feel like this might actually be an option for me, except replace wife with husband.

    Wayyyyy to early to be thinking that, but the brain does what it does

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    And once that happens, you’ll soon realize just how sexist people are when they make fun of you for being “whipped” and call her “the ol’ ball and chain”.

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      Oh you got to use that shit to your advantage. My ex partner and I would sometimes do this dance where she really likes something but doesn’t like the price. She would call me with a trigger phrase meaning to say no.

      So on speaker, I’d be like, “Huh. Are you sure? It doesn’t sound like a great deal. Maybe we should sit on it. I think it’d make more sense if it was like $x amount less.”

      The sales guy would often take this and come back with an amount that’s more reasonable. If my partner said the trigger phrase again, I’d stick to the no. Otherwise I’d agree.

      Fun times.

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      REJECT Al Bundy energy

      EMBRACE Gomez Addams energy

      Live in the present, be yourself at all costs, love and respect your SO visibly, vocally, and at every opportunity

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        “I gotta go, my wife is home”

        “Ooooh, you’re whipped!”

        “Jim, you confide in me regularly you are painfully lonely. The last woman you took out on a date ghosted you after you started ordering her around like a misogynistic asshole because you watch garbage on tiktok about the ‘alpha male’ fallacy and treat it like a guide to life. Under your bravado is a scared man-child that worries they’ll be alone forever. The worst part is that that fear is real unless you do some honest introspection really fucking fast and realize you are your own worse enemy in this. You’ve got about 3 years left to get your shit together before most of the loving, intelligent, and self-confident women get snatched up in marriages of their own. Its not the world’s fault you are in this situation, its yours buddy. You’ve made choices in the past that put you here and 30 seconds ago you made another one with your shitty joke trying to belittle my loving relationship with my wife because you’re envious I have a person that cares about me and you don’t. Seriously man, its a bad look. You have the capacity to be better than that. You gonna finish those nachos or can I take them with me? Oh, I’ll see you Saturday for the game.”

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        “Ooooh, you’re whipped!”

        “If I’m lucky!”

        Not really into that thing myself, but it gets a great reaction.

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      Yeah, but it’s fucking hilarious to respond to that kind of energy with pure joy about your marriage, and watch the dawning realisation that it’s not actually a universal experience.

      Honestly though, once you kick off that “I love my wife” energy you’ll be surprised how enthusiastically people agree. Most people only parrot the ball and chain stuff because they think they have to. When one person breaks ranks basically everyone follows.

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      It’s okay. When people say that to me it just makes me realize they are either lonely and jealous or regretting their own decision to marry because either they chose poorly or they are the problem.

      Either way I ignore it and go home to my best friend :)

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      I’m just so honest that people are too uncomfortable to make a dumb comment. Like

      This was nice but right now I’d rather go home and enjoy some co op video games and oral sex with my partner

      The oral sex part is optional. Wouldn’t say that to family. It works regardless.

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        I mean at a subconscious level, they have feelings for each other – a good chunk of the show is them dancing around that concept. That being said, all they both know is that it’s a marriage of convenience – neither knows the full identity of the other.

        Yor constantly worries she won’t measure up to Loid’s needs, and that’s a risk to government scrutiny by the secret police. Loid worries his relationship with Yor doesn’t look airtight, and could compromise Operation Strix. Everything they do publicly to prove their relationship is legit is an act in which any enjoyment is a secondary benefit (like the scene above).

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      If you know, you know.

      I was also wondering why Thorn Princess and Agent Twilight were chosen as the iconic happy loving couple.