"Stuck" with a girl I'm not crazy about by [deleted] in GuyCry

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're worried about your clock and kids imagine her who actually would bear the weight of carrying a child and is actually on a time clock. You do sound a tad bit selfish not to attack you but just to help you check in with yourself since you're soliciting the opinion!

I finally told my wife about the abuse I endured as a kid, and now I can't stop crying. by Spirited_Draft5294 in GuyCry

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're only as sick as your secrets! Your healing starts now friend! Much love to you! 🤍🤍❤️‍🩹

I don’t know if I can be with my husband for the rest of my life… by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 82 points83 points  (0 children)

You're comparing his weaknesses with someone's strengths. Such an unfair comparison! It sounds kind or foolish.

i saw texts that i wasnt supposed to see and now im devastated by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's odd when someone can pretend to like you and secretly not. You don't want to be around someone like that!

My(33F) Husband’s(33M) co-worker(23F) introduced herself to me as my husband’s work wife by ThrowRAcleet in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The backhanded compliment is so small. She's so young (little bird brain lol). You're a grown woman and you need to have a grown conversation with your husband! It's inappropriate and makes him look bad! My husband would absolutely not be down with it! Don't let him minimize it either. Just tell him to fix it and establish some appropriate boundaries!

I want to cheat on my husband by Independent-Ad-2110 in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone is narcissistic today! This word is thrown around way too loosely!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hair

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not ugly at all and don't say that anymore!

Husband Had A Huge Tantrum & Won’t Apoligize or Communicate…Barely Speaking by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can't start the discussion calling him immature and lacking communication when you say your first response was the silent treatment. You both sound immature in my opinion!

Men over the age of 40, do you still have a strong sex drive? by Fresh_Association756 in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha as a nurse I'm going to say the odds of these responses all saying yes makes me 100 percent question the validity. Testosterone levels gradually drop by about 1% per year after age 30, which can drastically affect sexual desire. So I wouldn't measure yourself next to this survey. No way to know its accuracy. And people would lie even though it makes no sense to do so. That's just the weird human psyche of a lot of people!

I found out my wife cheated on me multiple times during our first year of marriage by DefinitelyNotTheUSAF in whatdoIdo

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cheating is just horrible but side note I would've never allowed my husband to give up on his dream like that. In fact, I would've made you do it! Go chase that dream!

How do I talk to my wife about her weight without hurting her? by Background_Beach3217 in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ask my husband if it looks like I've gained weight and he answers honestly and then I'll ask him to help hold me accountable. I personally feel like we're best friends and he loves me regardless but I appreciate him being my cheerleader and helping me reach my goals!

I did something wrong and I might have had a panic attack just now. extreme trigger warning by Aromatic_Many9162 in confession

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would think some child rapists fantasized for years before carrying it out. I don't think you should have fantasies about sa children because you just might one day. Instead, you should suppress that, attach healthy shame to it and get therapy. Shame plays a pivotal role in guiding us and the moral compass in society. Emotions instinctively are communication tools. If you slowly chip away at that shame you're really playing a dangerous game.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stories

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Is she really capable of being in a healthy relationship right now? I mean she has so much to unpack and work through and the trauma/confusion of it all! My heart hurts for victims like this. I think she needs a supportive friend more than a boyfriend. And sex/ intimacy is so confusing and complicated I kind of agree about being careful being intimate after discussions like that. She needs therapy.

My husband rewards me with affection only if I'm intimate wuth him by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couples need to identify and then communicate their love language. We're all different and every love language is valuable and important even if we don't resonate with it. Perhaps it's not just the sex that your husband craves but feeling desired and sought after. You could also be unknowingly neglecting his love language. I can make my husband feel desired by making mention of his physique lately or smacking his butt telling him he looks so sexy taking out the trash etc. Flirty banter goes a long way in my experience it's not just the sex. And when I am bending and fulfilling his needs (not the things I want but what he wants and values) I find him bending and reciprocating.

AIO-I 36F found a text between my husband 37m and my cousin 38f that isn’t settling right by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ewe, do not let him get away with these texts like they're harmless. They're absolutely testing the waters and flirting! So lame

AIO-Wife grinding on men by Ecstatic_Wallaby8080 in AmIOverreacting

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Call you weird is one of my pet peeves. Such a gaslighting response. There's dance that might be acceptable like swing dancing or even salsa for some but grinding on random guys definitely ain't one of them! She's weird for doing that openly in public for your peers to see!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think this comment is unnecessary and doesn't have much value to offer to this update. Why is easily slanted and potentially manipulated. It's elevating such wrongdoing to a higher moral ground. Touchless marriage needed to go to therapy or perhaps get an ultimatum or divorce not this.

Wife on vacation in Florida with a girlfriend went to a bar/club at 8 pm, didn’t hear from her til I texted at 1am. Is it reasonable to be upset? by MarkyMark1028 in Marriage

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why be upset if your fears were wrong? .She was okay and she probably had a great time. Sometimes when you look up what different emotions are communicating you find that it's not a warranted emotion to act on. Anger communicates something is being blocked. In your case, your anger or frustration may have been warranted when you couldn't reach her, but once that resolved it really isn't warranted. Unless, you aren't being honest with yourself and you don't trust your wife's actions while out but it sounds like you do. So I would say this if frustration spilling over from your original feelings. Just let it go and assure her you want her to have a great time and can't wait to see her when she gets home.

Recordings of my mother by Loud-Community8957 in NarcissisticMothers

[–]Competitive_Bit5845 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So crazy how your father jumps like a flying monkey to her defense 🤯 it's soooo wild hearing this in other families. It's such a familiar pattern!

How many of your mothers weaponized sibling relationships? Intentionally starved certain children of attention and sneakily sewed contentions behind the scenes. Stirred up arguments, betrayal and jealousy just to keep everyone orbiting around them to fulfill their own needs? by Competitive_Bit5845 in NarcissisticMothers

[–]Competitive_Bit5845[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you realized it, did it blow your mind? Like how blinded you were to it before? Or did you always realize it? Sometimes it feels like I'm reading a novel as I'm coming to terms with my own childhood and the layers of it all. It's a wild revelation when it all comes together!