Yeah I know typically we’re all here for a laugh, but I genuinely can’t bring myself to make light of stuff like this.
There are millions of men in the world whose lives would likely be revolutionised if they had someone they felt this secure and safe with.
But our modern society doesn’t reward (and in most cases, actively punishes) emotional vulnerability in men, so instead many of us either lean into toxic masculinity or drown in our depression. Sometimes both.
I’m fortunate enough that I do in fact have someone in my life who I could be this vulnerable with, should I be so inclined, but I also acutely remember the days when this was exactly what I craved in life and thought I would never have, and the suffocating feeling of isolation as a result.
I hope things change.
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Yeah I was fwb with a guy for a couple of years and it was very clear that one of the benefits he enjoyed most was using me as an unpaid therapist.
I’m not saying this to complain, I’m saying that a lot of men only seem to be comfortable talking about emotions with someone they’re having sex with.
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 week ago
FRIENDS with benefits
JFC, what do you say when the friends that don’t bang you come to with emotional problems, laugh in their face?
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
Friends with benefits implies sex without the emotional baggage found in a relationship. Or at least that’s how I understand it.