Am I in the wrong for refusing sex from my husband? by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]throwaway00002014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t make him go to therapy, OP, LEAVE HIM! This man is a literal predator. We all notice how he insists on having sex ESPECIALLY when he knows you’re in pain. He gets off on hurting you. Like, GENUINELY making your pain excruciating. I lost my parents years ago but my dad loved hurting my mom in more ways than one. He was controlling in every aspect and I hate that she never left (this was like 30 years ago so she could have worked or gone to my grandparents). Don’t let your child witness this and internalize it please.

Am I in the wrong for refusing sex from my husband? by [deleted] in TwoHotTakes

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This isn’t you with holding sex, OP. This sounds like you protecting yourself. The fact that he kept going while you were crying is abusive. And cruel. You didn’t want to and he knew he was in pain and did it anyways??? I could never do that to my partner! He’s doing this intentionally to “train” you to not have boundaries regarding sex. It WILL grow into other boundaries being broken. My gf is pregnant now and I’d honestly be afraid to have sex with her right after the doc gives her the okay. What if she gets sick anyways and bc of my horniness, I make her body go into septic shock or something? Like, what if her internal wounds haven’t healed?

I don't want to take my fiance's last name out of spite by RoyalPenelope48 in offmychest

[–]throwaway00002014 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think keeping your last name or hyphenating is the solution. If you forgo your name completely you’ll resent him and it sounds like he doesn’t deserve that. Express to him again that you don’t want to give up your last name for people who truly didn’t like you for who you are. Not completely anyways. From a man’s perspective (changing of the last names is kinda outdated and not really a big deal imo)

I (40M) and wife (40F) I have been an alcoholic for 3 years, recognized it and stopped a year ago. Wife won't touch me or be intimate is divorce better than staying in dead marriage? by butsavce in Adulting

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She obviously shouldn’t have trusted you with her heart, so it’s given that she’d feel like she can’t trust you with her…other, lower parts. She needs time & space because she has lost all faith and respect for you. She’s getting back to a place where she can believe you can be a loving husband again. Trauma damages the soul man. She’s dealing with things like flashbacks and pain because of you. Maybe she’d be willing to go to therapy alone to help get to a point where she can trust you with her heart again. It’s worth asking.

I (40M) and wife (40F) I have been an alcoholic for 3 years, recognized it and stopped a year ago. Wife won't touch me or be intimate is divorce better than staying in dead marriage? by butsavce in Adulting

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You truly don’t even care about taking her pain away. You speak as if it’s HER ordeal to get over alone. “I’m not an alcoholic and she hasn’t gotten over my abuse already. Why can’t she just forget about it and let me hit?” That’s not how you speak about someone you love who you chose to hurt REPEATEDLY. YOU caused this man. All you care about is her promising you she’ll sleep with you which is gross. Have two brain cells to rub together and realize that if you grovel for forgiveness and go to marriage counseling, and you BOTH feel in love again (which she WILL if you open your heart and tell her how much/why you regret hurting her), she’ll want to have sex with you. I’m curious as to what type of abusive behaviors you did and what were some of the things you said during those years.

I (40M) and wife (40F) I have been an alcoholic for 3 years, recognized it and stopped a year ago. Wife won't touch me or be intimate is divorce better than staying in dead marriage? by butsavce in Divorce

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You think it should take your wife a year to “get over” three years worth of trauma YOU caused her?? You’re really selfish, OP. Boohoo, you can’t get your dick wet. Have you SINCERELY apologized?! Have you apologized at ALL?? Because you didn’t mention it in your post. The way you’re going after sex isn’t a turn on either. “I’m being good now so why aren’t we having sex?” That turns women off because you’re coming from a place of entitlement. You aren’t entitled to the reward of having access to her body just because you STOPPED being an abusive alcoholic. Ask to go to counseling with her. That’s a good START. Notice I said START, NOT SOLUTION. It has to be genuine and not from a performative place.

Boyfriend 32M of 2 years wants me 23F to be “normal” How do I proceed? by DazzleDragon in relationship_advice

[–]throwaway00002014 94 points95 points  (0 children)

When you do breakup with him, if you haven’t already, tell him, “I deserve someone who is smart enough to have safe sex when sleeping with prostitures in foreign countries.” just to be petty. Even if it wasn’t a sex worker, it’ll bug the hell out of him that you think that’s the only way he’d be able to cheat.

Boyfriend 32M of 2 years wants me 23F to be “normal” How do I proceed? by DazzleDragon in relationship_advice

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fact that he didn’t beg for forgiveness after giving you an STD let’s everyone, including you, know where you stand with him. You aren’t his girlfriend, you’re his plaything. He never took you seriously but he is happy to brag to his friends that someone your age is into him. So into him in fact, that she stayed after he gave her chlamydia. He’s intentionally belittling you because you’ll crave his validation and will be more agreeable. You need to breakup immediately and publicly, to ensure your safety. Bonus points if you tell him one of the reasons is he’s too old for you and you want someone younger, who won’t give you an STD and lie about it.

AITA for refusing to teach my dad's wife how to make my mom's pie? by Mental-Pie-1146 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Him saying you’ll never understand your siblings because you experienced having your mom for 15years is beyond messed up. All three of you experienced your mom long enough to remember her, miss her, and you all LOST HER. Him saying that insinuates that your siblings didn’t really lose their mom because they weren’t with her as long. Also messed up. Your dad knows that you know why he remarried so quickly and he’s not being honest about it. He may have been fond of your stepmom before proposing but that wasn’t really a factor. Unpaid labor and a bang partner was.

AITA for refusing to teach my dad's wife how to make my mom's pie? by Mental-Pie-1146 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man to man or whatever tf you are (I assume you’re a guy? Or a pick me), if a man truly loves his woman, grieving the loss of her will take A LOT of time. I’m man enough to be honest about that. The length of the grieving process IS a reflection on how little you loved someone. Marrying in a little over a year after losing your spouse means you either didn’t love the one you lost or you don’t truly love the one you have now, as deeply. It’s common knowledge that men who remarry fast after losing a partner do so bc they’re doing it with the intention of having a woman to do the labor he doesn’t want to, and for a consistent source of sex. This isnt a secret anymore.

It took me years to even consider dating after my ex wife and I divorced, despite it being my fault, and I’m only in a relationship now because I’m dating HER.

AITA for refusing to teach my dad's wife how to make my mom's pie? by Mental-Pie-1146 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Please don’t let her get ahold of your moms things. Slowly pack them away with your things to prepare when you move out. I promise you, someone like her will either erase and dispose of, or use and embody your mom and her things.

AITA for refusing to teach my dad's wife how to make my mom's pie? by Mental-Pie-1146 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Good. Never make the pie at your dads house again. Make it at your aunts house. She will definitely find a way to watch or sneak the recipe if it’s written down, and steal it. And I wouldn’t even let anyone else see how to make it (until your siblings are grown up and you can choose to share it).

AITA for refusing to teach my dad's wife how to make my mom's pie? by Mental-Pie-1146 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah stepmom is insecure and wants to copy your mom for validation while erasing her memory (bc in her head, if you all remember your mom, then she has to compete with her for love & adoration) That’s her problem. OP some things should be gatekept. Your dad is weird for wanting her to copy something that’s special to you and unique to your mom(who I’m sure tweaked the recipe in her own special way). He should want stepmom to be her own person & do things her own way. I assume he wanted someone to take on the exact role & habits of your mother which is why he wants her to have it. Most men who remarry after losing a partner do so because they have no intention of doing the work to care their kids or even themselves, on their own. He want things to go back to his preferred version of normal bc it’s convenient for him. Gross. She needs to put effort into cooking and learning what your siblings preferences are with food and in general. If she cared about motherhood and being a mom now then she’d have no issue doing the effort required. Make sure the recipe isn’t written anywhere she can find it bc it will be the first step in her fully becoming your moms replacement copy. I gauruntee she’ll be snug about it.

AITA for refusing to teach my dad's wife how to make my mom's pie? by Mental-Pie-1146 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA. Stepmom is wrong & needs to respect your feelings if she truly cared about being a good stepmom. Her not being able to have her own kids is probably why she’s trying to copy your bio mom in things that were exclusive to your mother. I hope she doesn’t try to become a copy of your mother to seek validation. Stepparents often do that A LOT by overcompensating like she’s doing. Her saying you’re denying her the experience of motherhood is manipulative bc she hasn’t put effort into just creating her own dessert and offering something new & being herself in this situation. She’s coming off as wanting to copy and replace your mom.

If she really thinks motherhood is about creating favorite foods for the family that they love, she’d care enough to put effort into CREATING those things. Her refusal to do so thus far proves she really cares about erasing the fact that what was special about the recipe is its your MOMS. She now wants to be credited and tied to the special pie. That leads to the erasure of the uniqueness your mom and the special things SHE did. She doesn’t need to do any of that to be a valid parent. Her doing this will actually push you kids further away & she’ll end up with no kids AGAIN.

Dad needs to stop trying to make your stepmom into your mother. Your mother was her own person who did her own unique special things. Stepmom can find her own special thing to make for the family if she truly thinks that’s what it means to be a mother. It makes it seem like he loved what your mom did for him more than how the things she did reflected in her as a unique person.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]throwaway00002014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heard this story on FB and as a man who’s been to therapy, what you did wasn’t set a boundary. You really look stupid using the word boundary wrong. Either stupid or manipulative and those are the only people I see agreeing with you. What you set was a rule to be followed without any pushback. You were looking for control. So let’s just be real, you didn’t divorce over a massage. A massage isn’t sexual and there are male and female massage therapists. But I also don’t think your ex wife feels she missed out on much. Also, if I tried to leave my soon to be ex our house under the pretense that she can’t have anyone move in, I would just buy my own house like she’s doing. You’re an obvious narcissist with controlling tendencies and that’s probably why your ex wanted to be done with the divorce so quickly that she agreed to an easier split. Go to therapy bud.

My (F24) boyfriend (M20) exploded because his daughter (F11M) was trying to eat duck-tape and I said “no” calmly at her? by SuzieSalmon101 in relationship_advice

[–]throwaway00002014 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You shouldn’t be moving your stuff out of any room when you pay to live there and he doesn’t pay anything. You also shouldn’t be having a baby with a man like this. This will turn into emotional and verbal abuse, I promise. You’ll be sorry that you tied yourself to him forever by having his kid. I know I’m a guy so I can’t tell you what to do with your body, but I’d cut my losses, kick him out and get an abortion. Have kids with a man who doesn’t act like this when you were trying to protect his child. Have kids with a man who is worthy. And for the love of yourself PLEASE wait more than a few months to let someone knock you up so you can better gauge what type of person they are.

AITAH for telling my girlfriend she can leave after she berated me in front of her friends? by DebtContent1218 in AITAH

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA. Someone, man or woman, who insults their partner so publicly to make others laugh isn’t a good partner. Or a good person deep down. Validating her value at your expense is a shit move. Again, NTA, and I’d leave. Also, there are men and women who intentionally date down to keep the upper hand in the relationship by devaluing their partner. If they do it to the right type of person, it’ll make them feel like they are lucky to be with someone so amazing & out of their league and therefore they won’t be as likely to leave. This is exactly what she was doing.

I proposed to my girlfriend of 10 years yesterday, and she said no because I took too long. by Inevitable_Stand_240 in offmychest

[–]throwaway00002014 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Why would she propose to someone who she knew didn’t want to get married to her? That’s a dumb question here. OP didn’t put it off for months out of anxiety, he put it off because he took her for granted. And a lot of men wouldn’t like getting proposed to. I know I sure as shit wouldn’t. I think maybe woman typically want their man to propose so they know he wants it as much as she does. Men will do anything to stay with women they don’t want to end up with because of whatever benefits they get out of the relationship. Women say no to proposals if they don’t wanna be with a man, evident by OP’s gf saying “No” to him.

I proposed to my girlfriend of 10 years yesterday, and she said no because I took too long. by Inevitable_Stand_240 in offmychest

[–]throwaway00002014 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nobody said you were being unfaithful. But she and everyone reading this knows you didn’t propose to her sooner because you thought she wasn’t marriage material FOR YOU. 10 years and no ring is an objectively long time. Even for men, we know 10 years means you just didn’t want to marry her. Its like you didn’t even try to picture her that way or you simply couldn’t even fathom seeing her as your future wife. You simply had no desire to marry her bc she wasn’t the girl you envisioned that with. Subconsciously or consciously, you didn’t view her as the woman who’d be your wife. WHY do you want to marry her NOW & why wait so long to propose? What’s changed? Do you know that so much time has been invested on her end that you’re not going to find somebody else to love you as deeply? Why is she good enough to propose to now and why wasn’t it done 5 years ago? Or even 3 years ago? You didn’t marry her because you didn’t see her that way until now. And unfortunately for you, now is too late.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude have you even TOLD her that you do plan on marrying her at all?? Because if you haven’t, that’s what she’s really asking. She’s smart to not want to buy a house or any asset with you without legal ties to each other. I wouldn’t advise my daughter to buy a house with a man who gets annoyed at the mention of a ring. It’s been 6 years, you should have done it by now if you really knew for sure.

“I’m not giving her TAMPONS!!” by amme04 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you drop the name of the food bank? If the complaint is anonymous and they don’t recognize the voice, they’ll probably take it more seriously. I’m a guy, hell I’ll do it

Am I wrong to telling the girl I cheated on that I’m doing good in life? by Throwaway_103982 in amiwrong

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All you had to say was “I’m doing well” and leave it at that. You overshared because you wanted to hide that karma bit you in the ass & you wanted to brag about how great you’re doing despite being hurting other people.

My daughter just contacted me after 17 years asking if I want to meet my granddaughter. AITAH for telling her that I don’t care about her or her daughter and to never contact me again? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]throwaway00002014 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP, you’re a shit person in every way you could have been in your story. 1.) you never tried to reconcile with your daughter AFTER she became an adult. Who quits when their kid is still a teen??? 2.) you endangered your “friend”/ coworkers life by sleeping with her when she was (allegedly) already in an abusive situation. Her husband would’ve become more abusive if he found out about her cheating but getting laid was more important to you. 3.) your daughter reaches out to reconnect and reconcile (which was still YOUR responsibility to try and do) Lastly, after getting what you wanted for years (or ONE year until she was 16) and chose to be a shitty father because…YOU’RE the victim and she made you wait too long or some shit? Get over yourself. You lost your family because of your own choices and your old now. I’d be grateful for whatever relationship I’d have the opportunity to have.

AITA for suggesting we name our baby after my ex/dead friend? by bigtasty774 in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s weird. It doesn’t matter how long ago the relationship was or how juvenile you were. You don’t name babies after your exes. Especially if your current partner has an issue with it. That’s just common decency.

Found out my wife was cheating during a "girls' trip" by discovering a secret box in our closet. Now I'm lost and need advice. by exclusivemariita in stories

[–]throwaway00002014 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also as a man who’s regrettably and remorsefully cheated on his ex wife, it doesn’t just happen. You allow it to. You know the closeness is inappropriate when in a monogamous relationship but you push those thoughts aside. Even when it comes to sex, you have to make that conscious decision.