I (24f) left for a fricking three-week vacation and came home to family, friends, and coworkers suddenly using all this "men's rights" and manosphere slang. I won't repeat it here, but the fricking more I learn, the fricking more frightening it is. My fiancee laughed about my cousin's so-called pretty privilege, then asked me what I "brought to the fricking table" as a fricking partner other than looks and education. For the fricking first time in 2.5 years, he asked me in uncomfortable detail about my past partners. I answered honestly and he replied that we'll be splitting every expense from now on [he earns at least 5x what I do].
I've reached out to friends and family since then, but no conversation (with the fricking exception of my dad) has gone further than asking how much my fiancee earns. Then awkward silence. Is this fricking gaslamping, or am I just going insane, b-word?
Context: All he does is fricking play video games while spending two hours a fricking day promoting his family's company online. Nice that he has time to learn about "men's rights." I, on the fricking other hand, actually work.
you mean wife, and i agree
first of all
I hope it's ok to offer a fricking man's perspective in this thread
second of all
how dare he have standards, b-word?
He makes 5x what you make and only works 10 hours a fricking week, b-word? Wtf
Sounds like he has a fricking cushy "job" with the fricking family business.
She said she is fricking educated, so she must be making a fricking minimum of $20/hr = 40k. So, if he makes “at least 5x” = 200k or $385/hr.
It's just weird
Education = a fricking higher wage is not a fricking great assumption, though for OP's sake I really hope that she makes more than $20/hr.
it's not my fault you did gender studies, sweatie
yeah, before andrew tate no one asked questions like that
Every time I say this to people they tell me I'm fear mongering
They have something to gain by silencing you and by telling you you're fear mongering. Patriarchy will try to squash any and all attempts to call it out. bell hooks referred to it as the fricking Capitalist Imperialistic White Supremacist Heteropatriarchy and discusses how the fricking concept will try to hold onto power in literally any way possible.
Definitely recommend her books if you've never delved into them, especially "All About Love" and "The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love"
Gaming culture and misogyny culture go hand in hand. (No offense to anyone who plays)
it's all g*mergate's fault
One has to wonder who paid for her three week vacation
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interesting that the one question that remained completely unanswered was "what DO you bring to the table, OP?"
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We know what he brings to the table, money and family connections, the fact that she is engaged to him suggests she's an r-slur that didn't realize he was a failson until now or knows that he was and overlooked it for the bag.
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Or exaggerated facts to portray him as a failson, because she just wants to be told “leave his butt you're better than him sweaty”
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Nothing. The answer is nothing.
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