Originally Posted by WWWP

This girl I've been seeing was in a similar situation to me when we met - we had both ended long-term relationships at the beginning of quarantine and decided to continue living with our exes through the end of the year for the benefit of all involved. Naturally the subject of our exes comes up a lot, and jesus christ I know my relationship was ****ed up in a lot of ways, but ffs hers stresses me out to even imagine. The things she put up with and participated in are making me start to think of her differently. Logically I know that's not fair, and I know that I will never understand the full scope of their dynamic, and so it's fruitless to even analyze. But like it's a little concerning that her standards are so low. I think ultimately it all comes back to my own insecurities, like "how could she want a relationship with THAT but not want a relationship with me?" [I'm actively avoiding monogamy but it's like some lizard brain ****]

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.