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  • It doesn’t rub me the wrong way because it’s incredibly understandable. People are generally jealous, people have hangups with trust, people want to feel powerful.

    Whatever the guy’s reason is exactly, he is essentially not fine with what his wife wants to do, and even if she is completely fine with not doing something to alleviate her husband’s uncomfortableness, the need to do so in the first place is simply sad. It would just be optimal if everyone could do whatever they want at all times.

    I make it a point to figure out my issues (why am I uncomfortable with something?) and if it makes sense to get rid of it, to get rid of it. It’d be nice if everyone did that but people are often just not in a mental place to be able to do that.

    So in the end, I do very much understand what you mean, however I don’t really get upset by this. It’s incredibly common to “restrict” your partner like this, I mean, monogamy itself is already a restriction. So like you said, you should just let people do what they do, and be happy that it’s not like that for you.












  • Azzu@lemm.eetoRelationship Advice@lemmy.worldI need advice
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    8 days ago

    It’s a power struggle. He is attempting to get more from you than you are willing to give. It seems like he’s attempting to create an unequal relationship for his benefit.

    While selfishness is completely natural, relationships should be equal. And it’s not only about true equality, i.e. “I vacuum the floor” -> “you should also vacuum the floor” and it being split 50/50. A relationship is beneficial because everyone can do what they’re good at, and different things fit different people. By using this fact, it’s possible to create something more than just sharing everything 50/50, because you’re using individual people’s strengths fully while minimizing weaknesses.

    How exactly this should be done, what is ok, really none of us can say. It’s up to the people in the relationship. And you are quite obviously not ok with what is happening. And that is the important thing. Everything else is relatively irrelevant.

    You have a bunch of options now, you always have. As this is a power struggle, you have to be aware of what power you have. What do you do that he wants? That is the power you have. You can negotiate with it. You can withhold benefits to him. You can use persuasion. You can invoke traditions. You can use other people. You can exploit his insecurities. You can leave him (or threaten to) and look for a better guy. And so much more.

    What exactly works in this struggle is for you to be creative about, and for you to decide what you are willing to do. Threatening to leave does not work if you’re not actually willing to leave, for example.

    We don’t know your particular situation well enough even with this post you made here trying to explain things. I can just say that you should stand up for yourself and do what you think is right. I don’t think you’re being unreasonable from this post, but also this is your personal story, I can’t see the other side and how accurate and truthful you are being.

    For me personally, I would have never married someone that early, marriage just makes it harder to threaten to leave someone. I personally wouldn’t put up with any of this, because I am able to be happy and live alone. It just sounds too selfish to me, and I wouldn’t want to be the one to teach them what is too selfish. I wouldn’t want to be disrespected like this.