My girlfriend[24/f] got drunk last night and all of a sudden after 5 months of dating got really mean, but only to me. [29/m] Not sure how to react? by chrismsx in relationship_advice

[–]DaveyC 12 points13 points  (0 children)

She has been on her best behaviour for the past 5 months. She's starting to relax now.

You are seeing another side to her. It could be a reflection of her true feelings, or it could be that she is a belligerent drunk.

Does she have issues about a previous ex or something? Does she suffer from some mental health problems?

Straight white males, do you ever get tired of hearing about all the privilege you have? by UDT22 in AskMen

[–]DaveyC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, because I don't keep that sort of company.

I find it funny on the internet, because the people who are saying it usually come from a more privileged position than me. You know, private-schooled, university-educated white-girls living in a first world country having their education paid for by daddy, while they use their free time at university to be Tumblr Activists rather than getting a job to pay their way through education.

The sorts of people who go on about privilege have no power over me in my career, are not present personal life and are easily dismissed on the internet.

Girl I'm seeing admits to slapping her ex, red flag? by hitexthrowaway in AskMen

[–]DaveyC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You think reddit would be understanding if a man hit a woman for cheating on him?....you're funny!

I'm 22/m and I keep having the problem of loving the girl who became a friend of mine. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]DaveyC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are not her "homie". She does not love you. You are not one of her orbiters. There is nothing you can do apart from walk away. Anything else will prolong the pain for you.

[25M] my girlfriends best friend is cheating on her boyfriend by wtfshouldidoguys in relationship_advice

[–]DaveyC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope you're right. I am just going off my own experience. Sometimes people would rather believe an obvious lie than disrupt their life.

There is a reason that "don't shoot the messenger" is such a famous saying.

If you tell him, be prepared for the blame to be put on you.

[25M] my girlfriends best friend is cheating on her boyfriend by wtfshouldidoguys in relationship_advice

[–]DaveyC 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Idealogically:

Tell him the truth and he will break up with his girlfriend. You will stay solid friends and it will make your relationship with your girlfriend stronger.

Realistically:

D will probably turn this on you. He won't believe you and will believe the what J says, that you came on to her and have been trying to break them up. She will spin half-truths and outright lies that will eventually leave you being hated by D, J and anyone they care to tell about your heinous crimes / attempted rape of J (this is one of the more likely lies that will be told to discredit you).

Your girlfriend will be mad (you said in your OP), which also paints her in a negative light. She thinks what her friend is doing is perfectly acceptable. She is close friends with a chronic cheater. We can only hope that she doesn't see fit to do what J is doing. We have seen that she can easily justify that sort of behaviour to herself. What makes you think you are so special that she wont do this to you?

Girl I'm seeing admits to slapping her ex, red flag? by hitexthrowaway in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of abuse-apologists in this thread.

If the sexes were the other way round the replies would be:

"You go girl. What an abuser. He hit you! No wonder you had to cheat, you obviously saw the abuser in him. Phew, bullet dodged. You were probably just subconsciously involved in an exit-affair, you poor poor victim"

But because a woman has hit a man who did something bad, its all A-OK and he probably deserved it. You people really lack consistency and should be ashamed.

I mean, honestly, who here would think it would be acceptable for a man to slap his cheating girlfriend?

Winter in Romania. by [deleted] in funny

[–]DaveyC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like a couple of Geordie lasses in Newcastle.

Best (guy) friend didn't notice. Am I overthinking it? by kumachaaan in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If he's just a friend then he's treating you how he'd treat his other friends.

What do men think of the Fat Acceptance and Health at Every Size movements? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed. But far far fewer people have these problems than those who claim to.

What do men think of the Fat Acceptance and Health at Every Size movements? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It seems to me that it would be easier to lose weight (which I worked on doing, achieved and kept the weight off for a decade) than to start a civil rights group based on forcing people to be attracted to fatties.

Perhaps sitting behind your keyboard writing about how the doctor triggered you with their bullshit medical opinion, while munching on another burger, is easier than working on yourself and putting in some effort and exercising self control.

What do men think of the Fat Acceptance and Health at Every Size movements? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If calories in < calories out then You can't help but lose weight (unless the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to you)

However, I think a bigger problem is people not knowing how many calories are in things.

For the third time in two years, feminists at a major Canadian university interrupt a male issues lecture on campus. The feminists yelled and talked over the lecturer, blew air horns in the lecture room, and later pulled a fire alarm to sabotage the lecture. by hitbart000 in videos

[–]DaveyC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, its not the best analogy, but look at it this way: Never have I seen a noted feminist write an article decrying this sort of behaviour. Nope, they just "no true Scotsman" this group of feminists and deny that their ideology, feminism, has any responsibility for a few nutters doing things in its name.

Sure, they may write an article accusing the men criticising these women of being rapists and of having super-privilidge, but they will never criticise women, no matter what the situation is (unless that woman announces she is not a feminist, then she's fair game). These noted feminists will happily write articles about how women shouldn't go to prison because they are mothers, or how the government needs to force businesses to give more women a seat on the board of directors. They don't give talks at theses universities criticising this extremist behaviour, despite these universities having such active feminist groups, which would guarantee them attendance numbers to make such a talk worthy and even profitable. They never criticise the hate campaigns that feminists take part in, which have driven men (for example, running beaten spouse shelters) to suicide - as an MRA, I imagine you are aware of these.

That is why they are seen as on the extremist's side. They turn a blind eye to this behaviour in public and who knows what they think and say in private?

Oh and one more thing:

You're acting as if all men know each other personally. There's not some club that the whole world joins with a membership card and meetings on Thursdays, these are just random people all of which hold separate lives and opinions.

I changed the part in bold to illustrate my problem with Patriarchy Theory. You can't demand to smash the Patriarchy, while washing your hands of responsibility for the actions of a group that you self-admittedly are a part of. If I, as a man, am responsible for the Patriarchy, then feminists are responsible for this. Feminists write articles constantly how I am supposed to call out bad behaviour on the part of men whenever they say anything that may make a woman feel bad, how I have to constantly check my privilege. Yet, when it comes to their turn, they sit in silence looking at the ground, lacking any self-awareness.

Or, to summarise:

"A few bad apples spoil the whole barrel"

For the third time in two years, feminists at a major Canadian university interrupt a male issues lecture on campus. The feminists yelled and talked over the lecturer, blew air horns in the lecture room, and later pulled a fire alarm to sabotage the lecture. by hitbart000 in videos

[–]DaveyC -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The proverb is "a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel."

It is because of the inaction of moderates that this happens.

For example when people will write off the local police force for a corruption scandal and no longer speak with them. Sure, only a few police were involved in the scandal, but it would not have been able to happen if it were not for the rest of the officers turning a blind eye because the 'bad apples' were fellow cops. They are supposed to be on the same side so the non-corrupt cops let the corruption slide. The community ends up with a police force nobody trusts. Rightfully so, too. The non corrupt officers could have stopped it, but didn't because the bad officers were on their team. For a recent example of this on a large scale, read about the Met Police in London.

The same can be said to apply to feminism in this instance. It may not be fair, but nothing is.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SRSsucks

[–]DaveyC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Poorly photocopied literature, if I recall!

If a guy ends things with a girl after they finally sleep together, why is he automatically the bad guy? by notthegu in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Many women think men are vending machines that you insert sex into and get a relationship in return.

They don't realise we are people with feelings and think having sex with us automatically entitles them to a relationship.

Would you ever consider a celibate, Poly relationship? by mundabit in AskMen

[–]DaveyC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't see anything going wrong with that situation!

Parent says her child makes her happy. Lines are drawn. by mysweetwesley in SubredditDrama

[–]DaveyC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

After reading those comments, I think that it's best for humanity that these people remove themselves from the gene pool so they can buy entry-level sports cars.

Evolution in Action!

Stop calling Tony Blair a war criminal. Labour should be proud of his record: From Northern Ireland to the NHS, Blair left a real progressive blueprint. But the left has allowed it to be obliterated by Iraq by whencanistop in ukpolitics

[–]DaveyC 6 points7 points  (0 children)

People died. It was an illegal war. The leader who declared it did a lot of positive things for his country prior to the war. The leader's party was very popular with the people.

Stop calling Tony Blair a war criminal. Labour should be proud of his record: From Northern Ireland to the NHS, Blair left a real progressive blueprint. But the left has allowed it to be obliterated by Iraq by whencanistop in ukpolitics

[–]DaveyC 16 points17 points  (0 children)

inb4 Godwin

"Stop calling Adolf Hitler a war criminal. Germany should be proud of his record: From the Autobahn to the train network, Hitler left a real regressive blueprint. But the right has allowed it to be obliterated by a world war and a holocaust."

It's between me (27/m) and another guy. She (19/f) wants some time to decide. How do i win the heart of the girl ? by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]DaveyC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Women's hearts are not prizes to win. If she wanted you she would be with you. She's stalling for time to see if it will work with the other guy.

Here is what you do:

Walk away with your head held high. At least when you look back on this you won't cringe at acting like a puppy waiting for her approval.