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minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·12 days agoSounds like my brohther in law. He and others were taking bets on how long my wife and I would last, with nobody thinking we would make it past a year. It was 17 years this year. BIL is on wife #3.
minus-squareneukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·12 days agoPeople like that think if they can do “better” than their peers, they’re winning somehow with relationships. They have a fundamental misunderstanding about what relationships are about. Which is why theirs fail. They think it’s a game and there’s points and winners and losers. They will never learn that it’s about putting someone else’s needs ahead of your own sometimes is what’s best in life.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·12 days agoI have someone to care for, and she cares for me. That’s all I ever wanted. Her getting excited about my dumb nerd stuff is just a bonus.
minus-squareTwoBeeSan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 days agoTeam effort always. Making each other better. Caring for each other when down. It makes me sad some people can get so lost in material things and lose the thing that makes us human.
Sounds like my brohther in law. He and others were taking bets on how long my wife and I would last, with nobody thinking we would make it past a year.
It was 17 years this year. BIL is on wife #3.
People like that think if they can do “better” than their peers, they’re winning somehow with relationships.
They have a fundamental misunderstanding about what relationships are about.
Which is why theirs fail. They think it’s a game and there’s points and winners and losers.
They will never learn that it’s about putting someone else’s needs ahead of your own sometimes is what’s best in life.
I have someone to care for, and she cares for me. That’s all I ever wanted. Her getting excited about my dumb nerd stuff is just a bonus.
Team effort always. Making each other better. Caring for each other when down.
It makes me sad some people can get so lost in material things and lose the thing that makes us human.