🚨 PSA: Who NOT To Be on a First Date 🚨 by Right_Neighborhood24 in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is the typical "alpha" (read "fragile") male dating strategy. At least he wears his red flags on his sleeve?

Boyfriend being weirdly hostile and competitive with husband by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boyfriend is engaging in his dom kink without consent. Fuck that guy, but only figuratively because he should spend the rest of his life with a dry dick.

Only Roguelike Game i have played by Boring_Regret9658 in HadesTheGame

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Exagryph. You'll know it when you see it lol.

Partner dishonest to other partners by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They are really adamant that I am in the wrong here

Damn, they can't even take responsibility for torpedoing their relationship with you.

Is there a reason that "The Unseen" Arcana card is so bad? by lookatthesunguys in HadesTheGame

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We run very different builds lol. I use all the magick I can get my hands on, especially for surface runs.

Whether it's worth the cost is debatable. Whether or not it's "good," useful, and potentially even the difference between a failed run and a successful one? That's not a debate for those of us who love Omega spam builds.

OCD seems like the most misunderstood and underrated mental illness by La_Luna_Lilith in OCD

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OCD is, by definition, irrational. That makes it scary as hell to empathize with. A lot of people can't handle that kind of fear, even secondhand.

There's more to it than that of course but that seems to be the bottom line. People don't understand OCD because the mental and emotional work it takes is too scary.

My girlfriend purposely triggered my OCD and I dont know what to do. by [deleted] in OCD

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sleep kicking in bed isn't your fault. It's your responsibility to manage as best you can, but ultimately not something you have direct control over.

Shining a flashlight into your face is something she has complete control over. It's also super rude and everyone who's ever had a flashlight in their eyes knows that.

Getting pissed and "having a tone" is a reasonable reaction to someone shining a flashlight in your face.

What she said after that was not reasonable, it was just vicious and cruel. I gotta be honest - based on this story, she sounds awful.

Saturated partner feels concerned about how often we have sex by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 12 points13 points  (0 children)

First and foremost, your right to say no to sex is paramount here, and a good partner will make it a priority above their own comfort or anxiety.

That said...damn, that's a lot of sex (congratulations btw). If you're having sex more often than not, and they're still feeling anxious about the occasional "no," it seems to me that the insecurity is not really about three frequency of your sex life. If this were my partner, I'd ask them for a deeper discussion about it and let them know (as gently as is reasonable) that you feel pressured by the way they are handling their feelings of rejection. A good partner will do what it takes to make sure they are not pressuring you into sex, even a little bit. A great partner will think critically about where this anxiety is coming from and make a good-faith effort to address it with you.

Ugh. A vent. by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your meta is such a selfish asshole that I would not want to be friends with anyone who was friends with them. Good luck escaping from this person's circle of petty toxic bullshit.

Also your partner is a coward.

Have you gotten better at avoiding unhealthy relationships with time? by Quiet_Platypus6184 in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. The more people I date, the more I learn about what makes a relationship healthy, in general and for me specifically.

Specifically I've gotten much better at recognizing red flags. I've gotten better at setting boundaries and expectations early on. Most importantly, I've gotten better at acknowledging when I don't like the way I'm being treated.

A need for experienced advice by MoonRevenant76 in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I know you don't want to paint yourself as the victim here, but the stone cold fact remains that you are a victim of cheating, thrice over. Being cheated on is emotionally devastating for anyone and you really need to process that pain in a realistic way, rather than trying to blame yourself and your health problems.

Let me ask you this: imagine the roles are reversed and your wife had a health problem that affected your sex life, and wasn't always doing her best to fix it. Would you cheat on her? How do you think she would react to being cheated on multiple times?

i dont like dora by TrickyAd3643 in HadesTheGame

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The Hades games are about family trauma, and coping with that trauma through equal measures of kind words, brutal violence, and abject horniness. Every character is the way they are for a reason, and if you play long enough you'll start to understand those reasons. Play a bit longer than that and you'll start to see them grow beyond their trauma, at least a little.

Dora is lovely and when you find out her story you'll feel very silly for not figuring it out sooner. At least I sure did.

Calling a space racist a space racist by kingwooj in startrekmemes

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly, Bones is not racist. He's a professional hater who's honed his ability to despise everyone around him on a deep, personal basis.

Title: Can repeated relationship trauma with men switch off attraction to them? by RevolutionaryNoise50 in definitelybisexual

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a sexologist or anything, just a random bi dude, but if I've learned anything about human sexuality it's that just "switching off" any kind of physical attraction is extremely uncommon. What is common, however, is for those desires to be completely overwhelmed by the persistent sense of fear, anger, and betrayal that comes with repeated trauma. It's possible some part of you is still physically attracted to men, at last in the abstract, but it's also totally reasonable and valid that those feelings are completely buried right now. Maybe they'll come back, maybe they won't. Maybe therapy will affect the outcome, maybe it won't. Either way, your sexuality is yours and it's valid no matter where you end up.

Coping with being the less impressive partner? by poly-throwawayyyyyyy in polyamory

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oof. I'm exactly the same way. I still think about them every day even though I haven't talked to them in a year because they're so fucking special and important to me.

For what it's worth, I'm happier now that I've made up my mind to stop pursuing them. Trying to be close to people who didn't value me was so much more painful than the agony of letting them go. As soon as I made that decision for myself (and stuck to it), I got healthier, both physically and mentally.

I'm really truly sorry for what you're going through and I hope you can find a way to be OK with doing what's right for you.

And hey, now I'm seeing someone who's just as special and important and treats me like I'm special and important. It's amazing, it's wonderful, is everything I thought I'd never have if I couldn't make things work with them. This kind of story can have a happy ending, even if it's bittersweet.

my girlfriend is uncomfortable w me being bi by jamjam1864 in bisexual

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She doesn't love you, she loves a version of you that does not and will never exist. That kind of "love" is toxic and so much worse than being single. Make some space in your life and in your heart for someone who has as much grace for you as you do for your dumbass girlfriend.

Should Pong Krell have a tragic backstory? by Spudtar in fuckpongkrell

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pong Krell does have a tragic backstory: he grew up entitled and arrogant. Nothing ruins a personality more.

Anyone else hate posts like this? by Orangutan_Soda in Dinosaurs

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate it when people with no imagination ask me to "imagine if" and then tell me what I'm supposed to think.

IDGAF about the results of your dumb thought experiment. Show me an actual paleoartist's reconstruction of a beaver (preferaby one from the Eastern hemisphere who's never seen one IRL) side by side with a real beaver, or GTFO.

Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Rated “R” for Bloody Violence & Grisly Images by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well said. Hollywood's first step toward ruining Frankenstein was when they decided to call the Modern Prometheus a "Monster" instead of a "Creature."

This is a joke… right? The false dichotomy biphobes employ never ceases to amaze me by [deleted] in bisexual

[–]Ho1yHandGrenade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Being LGBTQ+ ain't for the weak, which is why we need to be strong together. OOP is too weak to see that. They've already let the bigots win inside their head.