I respect people who know they will be bad parents so they don't have them.

I feel neutral about people who would be good parents but choose another lifestyle.

Probably an extremely small number of people “hate” people who want to be childless.

Fair enough. I don't want children because while I'm comfortable financially, I don't see myself having enough to give them the life they'd deserve.

I don't want children because I don't want the responsibility. I like my freedom.

I don't want children because there are so many children on the planet now who already need financial and emotional assistance.

I don't want children because the climate is worsening, the ever present threat of nuclear war is growing , the economy is worsening and I have some medical concerns I do not wish to pass on.

All of these are valid reasons and anyone who tells me I have no right to my own decisions needs to mind their own business

Well I'm seeing some haters in the comments already.

What hate? They're okay.

I've seen a lot of snide comments on here. I sometimes wonder if it's envy.

You're a Russian troll paid to create division.

For a lot of them, it's because their reasons are stupid.

"Why would I want to bring more wage slaves into this awful world"

I don't dislike those people because they don't have or want kids, I dislike those people because they just suck as people

Edit: Lol, first thing I saw after posting this

https://old.reddit.com/r/Millennials/comments/1bvsgl0/anyone_else_in_the_us_not_having_kids_bc_of_how/

“They just suck as people”.

Maybe you'd be happier in a Muslim theocracy where women are openly treated as chattel

A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics found that while antidepressant prescriptions have risen dramatically for teenage girls and women in their 20s, the rate of such prescriptions for young men “declined abruptly during March 2020 and did not recover.”

toxic masculinity is not being medicated all the time

Has anyone noticed that their male partners respond better if you just ask for the thing you need with no context or explanation than they do if you explain why it's important to you and your relationship? It's almost like they don't care about what you're feeling, and just want a checklist.

I've been fed up with by boyfriend for not doing certain things for most of our relationship (texting me first, planning dates, complimenting me, etc.), and it wasn't uncommon for me to break down crying begging him to just send me a sweet message once a day, or plan a date, or give me a compliment more specific than "you're cute".

I always see men complain that women communicate poorly, so to avoid being that girl I'd always explain what I'm feeling, why i feel that way, and what I'd like to change going forward. I've been told in very articulate and an amazing communicator by my therapist, parents, friends, bosses, etc. so I know it wasn't a lack of conveying the right idea on my end. Sometimes he'd respond by shutting down completely and then I'd have to comfort him, reassuring him that I love him and I just need this one relatively minor thing to feel satisfied in our relationship. Other times he'd say he understands and wants to do better, but then nothing would ever change for more than a day or two.

One day I was feeling really sad and uncared for because he'd been spending every free hour he had playing final fantasy (over 100hrs in 2 weeks) for the past 2 weeks, but I didn't have the energy to have another rough conversion where I'm being very vulnerable, begging for a basic need, and then having him stonewall me. I decided I just wouldn't, so I texted him "can we go on a real date tomorrow?" He just said "yeah!" and planned us a really nice date.

I told my mom about this and she said that my dad was the same and she'd beg him to help with me and my sisters but he'd just shut down, or ignore her, or complain, until a friend of hers said "try making a to-do list." She wrote one and he did everything on it without complaining. After she started putting it on a list and asking without expressing any emotion, he did closer to his fair share.

On one hand, I'm hoping that realizing this will help me communicate better with my partner. On the other hand, if you love someone, wouldn't you be more motivated to do something if you know it's important to him?

Are men really just so simple minded? I don't know how to feel about this.

I can't see my husband because of the shame I feel after we both fulfilled a fantasy of mine.

Probably karma farming coombait fanfiction but still lmao.

I got up and remembered everything we did, I was stunned and my face turned red with shame, I don't know How to approach the subject today when I see it, or if we need to talk about it, last night we gave each other a lot of affection after s*x and we went to sleep, and I remember that this morning he woke me up to tell me that He loved me before he left.

It seems stupid but the truth is I'm quite embarrassed even though it was all my idea, what do I do or say? Did I talk to him about it? Please help, has anyone had the same thing happen? How do you approach it? or did you let things flow? Because the truth is I would like to repeat it but I am embarrassed to bring up the subject.

Edit: Since many are asking in the comments and I already said in once: it was r*pe roleplay with me as the victim, yes, we had our limits and safe word clarified, and yes, the contradiction of begging to stop at the same time I was having the best moment of my life are too much for now, specially knowing it's quite a sensitive topic, I just believe I went a little to far with my sub kink and I feel ashamed I enjoyed it a lot and even want to be "r*ped" again, the very idea makes me feel aroused and ashamed at the same time.

The first time my man spited on my face was accidentally because he pointed to the garbage box

Yes, he apologized immediately, but something awakened inside me

I suppose is not for everyone, it can be gross for some people

Small thread with a bit of seethe about a term for an intellectual disability being used in reference to a developmental disability which often has comorbid intellectual disability.

Random slapfight besides the seethe:

I keep attracting mentally unstable and overweight women

Is an overweight woman a turnoff for you

Bulking up to not get fat women

How much weight do I need to lose to be attractive, I'm 260 now and think 170 is a good spot

That's all from the last 30 days.

Pic unrelated: used to be the actual banner for /r/cuckoldpsychology

Link.

!foidmoment

!foidmoment

Over 50% of young Liberal Women have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. pic.twitter.com/x278nsYSpY

— The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole84) March 23, 2024

I loudly reminded him I just cleaned it obviously hoping he would move to another bathroom. But nope. He closed the door and proceeded to take his morning dump. WHY?

What does your potty look like, when he'd done? One dump by an adult, who knows how to use a potty brush, shouldn't make a visible difference in a newly cleaned potty. If he regularly leaved streaks and splatters for you to clean up, today's moment of thoughtlessness isn't your main issue.

I had a coworker who once who was a really cool lady. Pretty and smart, any dude would be lucky to date her. She was engaged to be married and super happy about it. I can't really remember the exact conversation we were having but she told me she told her soon to be husband if she ever saw a fleck or streak of his doodoo in the potty she would just cancel s*x. Told me she had the cleanest potty she'd ever seen

!r-slurs

https://old.reddit.com/r/TwoXIndia/comments/1blyj11/gentle_reminder_to_turn_off_your_messages_because/