[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
Of course his experiences have made him insecure. What else? And mine have made me insecure. I’m sure if we allowed it, we could both tip over into bitterness. We choose not to. My ex-husband and I have reasons to feel bitterness toward each other, but we both work to hold it at bay. We’re friends, or at least working in that direction. He’s called when he’s needed support a couple of times recently and I know I could do the same.
There is nothing in the red pill worth having. It is joylessness and loneliness.[/quote]
Nonsense, there are men who try very hard to “game” their wives and often with success.
Why?
Because they love them and their wives love it.
However, this was not about how it makes you feel.
It was about him reading it and his reaction to it.
And that you are afraid of.
Plus, has your ex actually done anything for you?
I bet he has.
You would, possibly, do things for him?
That means you have not.
You are turning him into a beta orbiter.
That is instinctual too. [/quote]
I’m not afraid of his reaction to it, I’m afraid he’ll think I’m an idiot for showing him a screed written by a mouth-foaming misogynist. Just as I would find his judgment questionable if he showed me poorly written political rantings and asked my opinion. Do you remember that bit I quoted back recently, about the wife whose friend took the book banning personally? It was embarrassing in its complete lack of generalizable meaning or accuracy of message. Also, I personally find book-banners narrow and foolish, as he would. This is your messenger, orion. There’s a problem.
My boyfriend is a smart guy with a cynical bent who understands both personally and universally the risks involved in marriage and having children. He’s familiar with the content on the internet, so I am sure he’s come across various pro-male, anti-female stuff. He is also able to form his own judgments, both of the world and the individuals in it.
His pool of friends, like mine, contains long-term happy couples and multiply divorced people. In most cases it’s very easy to see what personal qualities each brings that has impacted the outcome.
As for the stuff about my ex, I’m not sure what you’re saying. We have a long history of doing things for one another. I am not without resources, practical as well as emotional. He’s not nearby, so if I need a heavy box lifted I’m not looking to him. He’s not my beta orbiter, he’s a member of my extended family; someone whose history I’ve shared for a long time. And I make a good friend, in my ex’s case a much better friend than wife, because as a friend I have no expectation of healthy sex, no expectation that we’ll go outside and enjoy the day, no expectation that he’ll deal with his depression. He doesn’t have to any longer anguish over whether I’m smarter than he is, feel pressured by my desire for a social life, or worry that I’m going to want to talk about money management when he prefers to ignore it and wander around in a state of passive suicidality. And for all those same reasons in reverse, he makes a better friend than husband for me.
There is nothing sinister at play here. You keep assuming that I am jockeying for dominance in these relationships, but I am not. I don’t care about that. [/quote]
You are noz jockeying for dominance, you are jockeying for dominance in the instinctual hope that you will lose.
You dont want to be on top, but you have to try and fail.
Then, as I said, I posted the link to the most non offending site there is in this area, you did not even look at it.
It is funny how I am the one closed to evidence that would make my views invalid, because I certainly do seek out information that might nuke my preconceived notions.
Stay on the safe side Emily, its where the proper and righteous people live.