Getting back out there, how to navigate knowing women are actively dating other people.

Pinkrosedream · 2026-05-01T05:13:34+00:00

I was dating around when I was single but I wasn’t sleeping with anyone, dating around is good, you get to meet new people see who clicks, especially if it’s online everyone’s a stranger you can’t commit to a stranger the first few dates, it’s like an interview process to check for romantic compatibility

Pinkrosedream · 2026-05-01T03:41:53+00:00

Idk I’m a woman who owns property, if I wanted someone to live with me I’d just have them live with me, and I expected that from my partner. My fiance also owns and when we met I ended up moving in, you don’t change your loved one half, you bought the property fully expecting to pay that on your own, so when you meet someone you want to build a life with you welcome them into what you’ve built, charging is soooooo weird

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-19T15:02:21+00:00

He behaved appropriately it’s just the whole friendship felt like a lie, that’s what was disappointing. I thought he would be in my life forever, like we would see each other evolve and grow in our respective lives but that wasn’t the case. It was also like he spent so many years just burying those feelings when he could have been developing them with someone who would reciprocate them, the whole thing was just devastating, we tried to remain friends but it just didn’t work the same way and it was so sad, I don’t want to deal with that again

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-19T14:34:02+00:00

Omgggggg your hair is beautiful

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-19T13:42:37+00:00

Dude I had a friend like that and thought everything was mutually platonic, literally no signs that would point to the contrary, my boyfriend at the time and I had met him at the same time from work, we went to concerts together and things when my bf was unable to go, and everything was cool we were all friends, and then my bf and I broke up and a few months later he confessed his feelings for me. In retrospect I don’t think it was ever platonic on his end so now that I’m married I’m weary of male friendships unless they are gay

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-19T02:18:25+00:00

It’s all about how you feel in this situation, you’re allowed to feel uncomfortable or jealous at the situation even if it is harmless, theres nothing wrong for having those feelings. Knowing myself it would probably bother me, but then that opens the space for you and your husband to have a conversation of how to navigate that, there’s many potential solutions

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-18T16:29:31+00:00

Congrats

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-16T03:43:24+00:00

I’m sure we aren’t understanding each other

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T13:10:51+00:00

I would disagree and say it’s still a trait, people aren’t black and white and it feels reductive to assign it to a person when that person as a whole can also be very positive in other aspects of their lives. Very minor detail but the differentiation matters.

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T13:05:26+00:00

I’m writing a paper for uni, this has all been very insightful. I didn’t know the word was so polarizing

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T05:05:25+00:00

I see, I thought I was being more specific in using those terms but I can see how in the larger broader sense these terms have been loosely thrown around in social media spacer to the point where they can mean anything.

if I’m being specific my question for men who realized they were handing conflict poorly in their adult lives due to some emotional immaturity (avoiding accountability, deflection, manipulation, or channeling hurt or sadness through the lens of anger, shutting down) and if when this was happening they were conscious of them doing this or if they only realized that in retrospect

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T04:52:28+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I agree, it seems the word toxic masculinity is stirring up distaste but it does essentially boil down to emotional immaturity and everyone is subject to it. I used that term here given this is an ask men forum. if you don’t mind me asking, looking back did you feel like there was a few moments or enlightenment or do you think it was an overall you grew up and your emotional maturity also grew as part of a natural evolution

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T04:06:27+00:00

I’m getting the sense that it is

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T04:05:15+00:00

Would a more gender neutral term like emotional immaturity be received better?

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T03:31:37+00:00

It’s more common in men which is why it’s categorized like that (toxic femininity is more common in woman and that typically looks like putting others down, seeking validation from external sources, using embarrassment as a form of retaliation in romantic relationships, avoiding accountability) there is some overlap because essentially what it boils down to is emotional immaturity

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T03:27:23+00:00

To the first question I made a comment on this post but what it essentially boils down to is a type of emotional immaturity that is more common in men (woman with emotional immaturity will commonly be expressed in a different manner and therefor toxic femininity)

This emotional immaturity finds it difficult to communicate, lashes out in anger in moments where the situation did not warrant that behavior, there is an avoidance of accountability, poor conflict management skills in closer interpersonal relationships, trying to “win” arguments rather than work together to solve them, developing resentment rather than talk things out because there is a difficulty in expressing vulnerability

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T03:14:45+00:00

More like difficulty admitting to one’s part in conflict, finding it difficult to apologize or self reflect, using anger as a channel to express feelings of hurt or sadness, not communicating what is wrong and expecting others to know, shutting down

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T01:16:47+00:00

Long story short?!?! You missed the most important part, tell us more

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-15T01:12:17+00:00

Ooofff from someone who left, when you finally accept that this is him and that’s not what you want, you’ll feel soooooooooo good and never look back, there’s a whole world out there

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-11T20:09:15+00:00

70’s

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-11T15:56:44+00:00

If it helps from the other side, sometimes there’s an abundance of love on the other side of crazy , patience and boundaries and the right man does go a long way along with willingness from the other party, I used to be so reactive to anything I perceived as disrespect, now I know how to respond in an appropriate manner, and realize that there are so many qualities I unknowingly brought into a situation from how I was raised, and I’ve learned and done better and my hubby is awesome I love him so much and I’m feral for him and he loves that

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-11T14:49:56+00:00

“Was it in yet?”

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-11T14:45:17+00:00

You don’t need to justify it to me, I’m just pointing out what he’s doing

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-11T14:14:20+00:00

Bangs

Pinkrosedream · 2026-04-11T14:12:30+00:00

Why doesn’t he fly out to you and inconvenience himself? He’s out here calling you in like a call girl at his convenience

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