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a very large fish: Oct 18, 2012

i need larger condoms because i jizz too much for normal condoms. it has nothing to do with my actual size.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 21:38

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# ? May 7, 2024 15:39

sephiRoth IRA: Jun 13, 2007; "Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

-Carl Sagan

dick wizard posted:

i need larger condoms because i jizz too much for normal condoms. it has nothing to do with my actual size.

Thought this was a cumshitter post but he�d never be so crude to use �jizz�

# ? Mar 18, 2020 21:57

cumshitter: Sep 27, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

AITA for not inviting the neighborhood snitch or the HOA board to our neighborhood BBQ?

quote:

There's around 10 houses in my neighborhood of 120 that are not in the HOA, mine included. We (or previous owners) were smart enough to not join the HOA. As a result, i am able to make extensions and I have a pool, which I host neighborhood parties occasionally. My HOA is one of the worst HOAs, constantly fining people hundreds of dollars for parking violations, painting their fences the wrong shades of brown, wrong color curtains, having 2 flags etc. They're not the worst HOA but they're bad. We also got a lovely neighbor, Jessica, who likes to go around and snap photos of people's violations and then post it on the next-door app to shame them. She prides herself in this thinking it makes the neighborhood better when she shames the Smiths for having a fence thats 2 inches too high, or the Johnsons for having light brown door instead of a dark brown door. Jessica is a loving oval office, she's probably cost neighbors thousands of dollars in fees or forcing them to renovate. I absolutely lost my poo poo when Jessica posted in the next door app about how Mrs Jenson (85 year old woman, currently having serious medical issues) has a lawn thats a couple inches too high. She obviously can't mow the lawn and was too busy to notice. The HOA then fined her 500 dollars.

I made a post in the next-door app about the next-door app saying that the suburban fascists on the HOA nor Jessica were invited to my BBQ at my house. Jessica went on a ran saying how much of a angel she is and how she protects the neighborhood doing her duty and I told her she's a low life scumbag busybody and is a pathetic loser with nothing better to do. A couple people said I was bullying and excluding her and like 4 of her friends are "boycotting" my party and hosting their own party. The party happened and nobody else showed up to theirs and ours was a blast. She apparently cried over it.

EDIT: did not expect this post to blow up like that, thanks for the awards and the comments.

sephiRoth IRA posted:

Thought this was a cumshitter post but he’d never be so crude to use “jizz”

I prefer to call it manna if I'm not using medical terminology. And why use condoms when the male rectal cavity is the perfect repository for ejaculate? Its elasticity, durability, and warmth make it a natural fit for short term semen storage.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 22:08

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

AITA for asking my husband�s large cousin not to sit in my antique rocking chair?

quote:

I have a rocking chair that has been in my family for generations, It was made in the 1800s, my grandmother gave it to me because I love it.

Two of my husbands cousins (brother and sister, let�s call them Jana and Steve) were evicted from their apartment and they asked to stay with us for a couple of weeks because need time to catch up.

I am pretty close with Jana, she was even a brides maid in my wedding. Jana is a torrid size 3 ( I know from ordering her brides maid dress). I have no problem with her weight, however I worry about my chair. I don�t want it to break. I was not sure she would even fit in the arms of the chair.

We were all hanging out in the kitchen talking, having wine, standing around the island that is half in the living room half in the kitchen.

Our bar stools are a bit dainty, so Jana walks over to my chair and picks it up (almost dragging it) as she was walking over with it, I was like �no no no, can you use a different chair? I don�t like people sitting in that chair.� I directed her to a metal chair that I brought recently.

She responded saying that she had seen me with my baby in the chair, and had also seen my husband in the chair. I explained that the chair was very old, and that I wanted to keep it for a long time. I told her she could use a cushion to make the metal chair more comfortable if it was uncomfortable.

She got angry about the whole metal chair thing, and went off asking what I was trying to say. Eventually I was like; �look I don�t want you to break my chair, people weren�t as big back then, the carrying capacity is lower.�

That set her off. She said � so you think I�m so fat I break chairs?� I said, �well I don�t want to test and see with this one.�

she told my husband to �mind me�. She dropped my rocking chair back in it�s original location and took her wine upstairs. She and her brother are �threatening� to leave (they are staying here for free) if I don�t apologize.

My husband wants me to apologize for saying she would break the chair, he thinks I should move it into our bedroom until they leave. I think that it�s nonsense. Jana is too big to sit in my chair, she should understand that and sit somewhere else. Am I the rear end in a top hat for telling her not to break my chair?

# ? Mar 18, 2020 22:42

Tetramin: Apr 1, 2006; I'ma buck you up.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for asking my husband�s large cousin not to sit in my antique rocking chair?

I feel like I remember seeing one very similar to this posted a while back, except after getting pissed off at being called too heavy for the chair, they went ahead and sat on it and it broke

# ? Mar 18, 2020 22:53

Guildenstern Mother: Mar 31, 2010; Why walk when you can ride?

That in turn reminded me of the guy who got the family heirloom furniture painted/refinished/ruined as a surprise present

edit: There it is

I (29f) had chairs that's been in my family since the 1700s. Were literally priceless. Husband (30m) thought he'd do a nice thing and have them cleaned and finished which has ruined them and removed most of the value. I'm sick to my stomach and don't know what to do.

quote:

I'm almost in a deep clinical depression over this because there's so much loss at hand. I don't think I'm being overly dramatic here, I feel like something beautiful has been forever ruined. Basically I had two chairs that had been in my family since the 1700s. They were among maybe 25-50 surviving pieces that were in 100% original condition with all original hardware and fabric made by a well known Massachusetts furniture maker. My mom actually took them on an early taping of antiques road show and it was one of those moments where the value both in terms of dollars and history brought her and the appraiser to tears. I don't want to say exactly how much but had she sold them at the time, she could have bought a new house. I don't know what they were worth today because I never, ever planned on getting rid of them. I've had authors, academics, well known wood workers, collectors even Hollywood set decorators contact me to study them, take pictures and try to copy the techniques.

Like I said, one the truly unique things about these chairs was that aside from cleaning and dusting, they had never been redone. They were far from perfect shape but that was part of the appeal and certainly part of the value because other surviving versions of similar chairs have been painted, re-varnished, re-upholstered, etc... I was so lucky that so many generations of my family saw an intrinsic value in keeping them original.

I walked into the attic room yesterday where I keep them and immediately noticed they were gone. I freaked out, I called the police (try explaining to a 911 operator that it's a crisis your chairs are missing), I immediately called the special company that insures them and it quickly spiraled into a full blown crisis. I called my husband and explained to him that we've been robbed so he freaked out and came home. When he got home there were two police officers in the house attempting to tell me that there's no evidence of a break in at all and that the type of thieves who are common in our area would never know to go after chairs. I was hysterical trying to explain the value of these chairs. My husband said something like "this is over the chairs? I know where the chairs are." I said where. He said basically that he knew how special they were to me so he had taken them to an antique restorer in Boston to have them rebuilt, refinished and reupholstered as a Christmas surprise. I was instantly sick to my stomach. The police left, warned me about freaking out but I honestly couldn't hear what they said I was in a blind panic over what was happening to my chairs.

I demanded my husband drive me into Boston to try and stop this. It's too late, they had ripped off all the original upholstery, sanded down all the nicks and scratches and had a applied a horrible chemical stripper and were, moreover they had broken several of the original metal fittings (that were older than the chairs) trying to disassemble each of them. Both are ruined, I mean beyond ruined. I can't even begin to calculate the dollar value lost but the historical value of these being lost is indescribable. This place isn't even a reputable furniture restorer place because they've been in business for maybe a year and anyone who was worth a drat probably would have known about my chairs anyways and refused my husbands request and tried to buy them from him or get them in a museum.

Every year, several local museums contact me to donate them to their collections and I've always refused. I literally to the point of severe depression because I was too stupid to take them up on it.

As for my husband, I don't even know where to begin. At first he was really defensive because I wasn't appreciative of how much work he'd gone through but when he realized that I was devastated and about to kill him if he kept talking like that he tried to be apologetic. I can't even begin to hear it. He knew how much these chairs meant to me and may family, he knew (and has seen the video, we have it on VHS for gods sake) of my mom on Antiques Roadshow and how they said to never change them. He know's I hire a professional antique furniture cleaner who know's exactly what they're doing to take a look at them and clean them with museum methods. and after all that, he took them to some fly by night furniture chop shop and ruined chairs that were almost 300 years old.

I can't even begin to reiterate how devastated I am. I don't think I can ever look at him again in the same way. How could I possibly? What do I do here?

# ? Mar 18, 2020 22:58

Tomfoolery: Oct 8, 2004

cumshitter posted:

I prefer to call it manna if I'm not using medical terminology. And why use condoms when the male rectal cavity is the perfect repository for ejaculate? Its elasticity, durability, and warmth make it a natural fit for short term semen storage.

I beg to disagree, the best short term semen storage is a martini glass

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:02

duck trucker: Oct 14, 2017; YOSPOS

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for asking my husband’s large cousin not to sit in my antique rocking chair?

She shouldn't apologize and she should still move that chair to where her husbands cousin can't sit in it because she will 100% try to sit on it just to prove the op wrong.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:13

Fatkraken: Jun 23, 2005; Fun-time is over.

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for asking my husband�s large cousin not to sit in my antique rocking chair?

Today I found out that there's a clothing brand where the "size" is the number of "X"s there would normally be before the "L" in an (n)Extra Large

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:15

FUCKFACE MORON: Apr 23, 2010; by sebmojo

cumshitter posted:

AITA for not inviting the neighborhood snitch or the HOA board to our neighborhood BBQ?

Being a member of an HOA board and a raging rear end in a top hat is not mutually exclusive

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:20

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Fatkraken posted:

Today I found out that there's a clothing brand where the "size" is the number of "X"s there would normally be before the "L" in an (n)Extra Large

Yeah I was like "if a size 3 can't sit in it then who can?" before googling the term and going "oh".

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:22

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

My wifes (27f) has a cheating and infidelity fantasy, which I (29m) recently found out through her browser history and reddit account.

quote:

First of all we've been married for 4 years, and shes never cheated on me and neither have I, we've never got into any sort of relationship issues over that sort of thing, I've never thought she would have this type of fantasy

Just a few days ago I started to work from home due to the covid pandemic and I couldn't get the company laptop running so I had to use my wifes laptop just for that morning as a quick substitute, I never touch her stuff and on I happened upon her browser history, at the time she was still sleeping since it was 7am in the morning but I what I found was pages after pages of porn, all relating to cheating , affairs and the such. Like porn videos, porn fiction, several cheating and interracial fetish related subreddit. Shes got a throwaway reddit account that has been posting comments on these cheating subreddits with stuff like how she wishes she was the girl in the video or photo, and of course shes got a bunch of dms on that account from thirsty men, she chats them up and flirts with them but never crossed the line, in one of her messages she says she has a cheating fetish and wants to try it for real one day... put some red flags in my mind immediately

I wasnt able to go through everything considering the situation but it definitely affected me, havent confronted her about it yet since I know I went into her privacy without asking but I couldn't get this out of my head and I'm hoping that its just a porn fantasy and fetish and I know most of the time people have specific fantasies that they obviously wouldn't think about in reality, am I being overly concerned about this? If I can get some opinions on my situation please?

Tl;dr went through wifes browser history and reddit account, found a lot of and only cheating/infidelity porn and fantasy and shes very active in some of those subreddits, havent said anything to her since I'm not supposed to invade her privacy like this... any advice on my situation?

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:25

Inceltown: Aug 6, 2019

Fatkraken posted:

Today I found out that there's a clothing brand where the "size" is the number of "X"s there would normally be before the "L" in an (n)Extra Large

That confused me a bit at first too. Like isn't a size 3 heaps small wtf then it dawned on my that this is goon sized clothing not regular sizes.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:25

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My wifes (27f) has a cheating and infidelity fantasy, which I (29m) recently found out through her browser history and reddit account.

Had it just been porn I feel like the guy coulda probably let it go, people get off to stuff they wouldn't do irl all the time, but that she's actually engaging with other people online is already a bridge too far so he probably should somehow brooch the topic.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:35

hawowanlawow: Jul 27, 2009

Inceltown posted:

That confused me a bit at first too. Like isn't a size 3 heaps small wtf then it dawned on my that this is goon sized clothing not regular sizes.

hahahaha Australians you have no idea

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:49

PetraCore: Jul 20, 2017; 👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

Fatkraken posted:

Today I found out that there's a clothing brand where the "size" is the number of "X"s there would normally be before the "L" in an (n)Extra Large

Fat ladies need decent clothes, too.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:50

Midnight Voyager: Jul 2, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

PetraCore posted:

Fat ladies need decent clothes, too.

I'd like it if they had decent clothes where the sizes made any loving sense. Women's clothing sizes don't make sense by default, why make it weirder??

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:53

Antivehicular: Dec 30, 2011; I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Guildenstern Mother posted:

That in turn reminded me of the guy who got the family heirloom furniture painted/refinished/ruined as a surprise present

edit: There it is

I (29f) had chairs that's been in my family since the 1700s. Were literally priceless. Husband (30m) thought he'd do a nice thing and have them cleaned and finished which has ruined them and removed most of the value. I'm sick to my stomach and don't know what to do.

I will fundamentally never understand what makes people think "I will have one of my loved one's treasured possessions altered in a way they have never asked for, as a surprise gift" is a good idea. There's this, the doofus who got his partner's martial-arts belt embroidered... I could see it if it was something they'd wanted or planned to do, although I'd probably just offer to pay for it and let them get it done how they wanted, but out of the blue? Why? Is there some kind of brainworm going around that the value of a gift lies in how completely it's a surprise?

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:54

Garrand: Dec 28, 2012; Rhino, you did this to me!

ArbitraryC posted:

Yeah I was like "if a size 3 can't sit in it then who can?" before googling the term and going "oh".

Same, I thought she was describing being size three as torrid, not that there's an actual clothing line called Torrid. Why would you call your clothing line Torrid?

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:55

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

AITA for taking extra steps to enforce my no kid wedding?

Me and my fianc� have a no kid wedding taking place at the end of May. We sent out RSVPS well in advance and explicitly stated on the invite that absolutely no kids under 18 would be allowed at out wedding unless they had our approval, we even went as far as to put �if you have any questions about this feel free to reach out�. We had a ton of people reach out, and I reiterated our rule to all of them. The only people who have approval to bring kids are my sisters and fianc�s siblings. A couple of days ago I heard from my sister that a couple of my cousins still plan to bring their kids to our wedding because they think I wont do anything since they�re family. Initially I was furious that they would consider that, but after I calmed down I figured if my cousins are you still planning to bring their kids then other people we invited might still plan to bring them as well. Which got me thinking and I came up with the idea of having a �bouncer� at the chapel and wedding party to make sure that no one brings any kids and if anyone does bring kids the �bouncer� won�t let them inside. I spoke to my fianc� and he seems to think it�s a little overboard, but is willing to go along with it if it makes me happy. My family on the other hand is really upset and is making a big deal about it. My mom in particular stated it would be embarrassing to her. I�m not sure what to do I want to enforce my no kid wedding so people know I was serious, but I also don�t want to go overboard. So WIBTA for wanting someone out side to screen guests and make sure they dont bring any kids?

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:57

PetraCore: Jul 20, 2017; 👁️🔥👁️👁️👁️BE NOT👄AFRAID👁️👁️👁️🔥👁️

Midnight Voyager posted:

I'd like it if they had decent clothes where the sizes made any loving sense. Women's clothing sizes don't make sense by default, why make it weirder??

I guess because people like being able to say they're a size three. Weird internalized thing for a line for fat people, but w/e.

# ? Mar 18, 2020 23:58

Inceltown: Aug 6, 2019

Garrand posted:

Same, I thought she was describing being size three as torrid, not that there's an actual clothing line called Torrid. Why would you call your clothing line Torrid?

# ? Mar 19, 2020 00:00

OhAreThey: Oct 12, 2012; I like your nurse's uniform, guy.

Midnight Voyager posted:

I'd like it if they had decent clothes where the sizes made any loving sense. Women's clothing sizes don't make sense by default, why make it weirder??

What sucks about being a fat lady (or a lady bigger than a size 4, tbh) is that a lot of times your boobs, waist, and hips/rear end are all different sizes. And the sizes aren't consistent. I just ordered 4 dresses, all size 16, from an online used clothing store and they all fit wildly differently based on the type of dress, fabric, etc. Notably, the one from Torrid is the best fit. Probably because they specialize in fat people.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 00:01

Antivehicular: Dec 30, 2011; I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for taking extra steps to enforce my no kid wedding?

Holy poo poo, this is going to loving explode.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 00:03

avoid doorways: Jun 6, 2010; 'twas brillig; Gun Saliva

Smirking_Serpent posted:

AITA for taking extra steps to enforce my no kid wedding?

Me and my fianc� have a no kid wedding taking place at the end of May.

Those cousins are going to awfully smug when this wedding doesn't happen

# ? Mar 19, 2020 00:33

Inceltown: Aug 6, 2019

In light of the recent heightened need for increased hygiene standards here is a sign to place at your nearest business hole.

PLEASE WASH HANDS

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:02

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

My (20F) BF (21M) can't physically satisfy me and makes mean remarks I've told him several times that it hurts my feelings but he's too insecure. What to do?

quote:

My BF "Dean" and I have been together for 2 months. He easily reaches climax but I suffer from porn addiction/mental block and can never climax. This is a recurring issue, I'm working on overcoming it, and I've told Dean that I don't need to climax to be satisfied.

However, he keeps making memes like "Things I'll never witness: OP's orgasm". When I say to stop and that I'm working on the problem, he implies I brought it on myself since I watched porn from an early age. When I try to initiate intimate encounters, he says something along the lines of "What's the point if you can't cum?". I've told him time and time again that I don't need climax to be satisfied but he just shrugs.

He also suspects me of trawling Tinder and wants to read my messages. He "jokingly" tried to unlock my phone with facial recognition while I was snuggling him. He keeps msging that I'm hiding something because I won't let him openly access my phone. His exes cheated on him but still, his insecurity is pissing me off.

I've followed advice by complimenting his bedroom technique and his body, but it seems to make his jealousy worse. What do I do?

TL:DR: He is affectionate and cute outside the bedroom. But his insecurities gets the better of him during the twilight hours and he becomes this jealous insecure control freak.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:05

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Licarn posted:

Those cousins are going to awfully smug when this wedding doesn't happen

yeah literally just moved ours and it was at the start of may, granted we're in a state with the most cases and parts of her family are coming from Taiwan (which is actually doing p well cause they know not to basically never trust China with anything).

Ours is a no kid thing but it hasn't caused any issues. We're also not making exceptions for anyone so there's no confusion I guess. TBF it's mostly either academics and city millenials though so I think of all the people we've invited there is maybe 1 family with kids that might need a sitter. Everyone else either doesn't have em or they're teen+ that wouldn't wanna come anyways.

Kind of a bummer this came up cause you know you schedule this poo poo soooo far out but our venue is a vineyard so they were like "yeah nbd the gov is telling us to p much shutdown anyways we'll just reschedule no fee".

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:09

Malachite_Dragon: Mar 31, 2010; Weaving Merry Christmas magic

Jesus christ, what a poo poo. Nothing for it but to :sever:

, lady. He's not gonna get any better.

Demanding to be let into the phone is a deal breaker for me. It still frankly strikes me as hella weird that people are so insistent on getting into their SO's phones, but I place a high value on my privacy so maybe it's just me.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:09

Inceltown: Aug 6, 2019

Malachite_Dragon posted:

Jesus christ, what a poo poo. Nothing for it but to , lady. He's not gonna get any better.

Demanding to be let into the phone is a deal breaker for me. It still frankly strikes me as hella weird that people are so insistent on getting into their SO's phones, but I place a high value on my privacy so maybe it's just me.

I have no problem with my SO going through my phone but a huge part of that is because I trust them enough to know they won't. If there was such a lack of trust in the relationship that it was something they felt they needed to do then it's already over.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:15

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

Malachite_Dragon posted:

Jesus christ, what a poo poo. Nothing for it but to , lady. He's not gonna get any better.

Demanding to be let into the phone is a deal breaker for me. It still frankly strikes me as hella weird that people are so insistent on getting into their SO's phones, but I place a high value on my privacy so maybe it's just me.

Guy's been cheated on so he's projecting it onto his next relationship, it's understandable in some regards but still unhealthy and is a dealbreaker, don't date until you're over it.

Granted, as far as my personal stuff goes, my SO knows my phone passwords and stuff just organically from borrowing each other's poo poo, texting for each other when we drive, and such. I don't think either of us have felt compelled to snoop but at some point it would feel kinda weird to not know.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:19

Smirking_Serpent: Aug 27, 2009

My girlfriend is brazenly playing dating simulators and I'm struggling to deal with it.

quote:

TL:DR My girlfriend is playing anime dating simulators and spending hundreds of dollars on them. It makes me feel like she's lacking something in our relationship and also kinda jealous. Not to mention they are aimed at people with an elementary level understanding of relationships which makes me feel weird. She says it's like "reading a book," but I'm pretty sure she feels more emotionally invested than that let's on.

So since just a few weeks after my girlfriend and I (both 20s, together for 2 years) started dating, my girlfriends obsession with these anime dating simulators has become pretty obvious.

I told her how the apps made me feel and she was generally very understanding. She started playing them significantly less around me, but she still has them and still plays them. They still make me feel really uncomfortable though. She still talks to her friends about them and is

It bothers me for a few reasons, so I'll try to outline them here.

It makes me feel as though she's secretly lacking something in our relationship. I often equate it to porn in my mind. I watch porn when the actual sex isn't available. I'm missing sex, so I turn to virtual sex to get me off. That makes me think that we feels the need for something from her boyfriend, but I'm not able to give it to her emotional, so we needs to try to get that virtually. As a result, I feel very self-conscious and question my adequacy to emotionally fulfill her needs.

This one is kinda dumb, I know, but I can't help but feel jealous. I mean she's literally dating another man, at least in her head. The amount of mine that she spends to do things with her virtual boyfriend make me believe that she genuinely feels emotionally invested in these fictional characters and I'm worried about what type of "emotional investment" it is...

It's extremely childish. Seriously. These games were created for genuine 12 year olds. It makes me question whether she's emotionally in the same state of mind as me regarding relationships. The fact that she has the same concept of a relationship as a middle-schooler makes me think she has a very underdeveloped understanding of relationships.

It's embarrassing. This one is selfish, I know, but it's still there. When your girlfriend is talking about her crush on a fictional anime character in front of your friends, how am i supposed to react? It's really embarrassing and an uncomfortable situation, but she insists on telling everybody about them.

She's spending money on them. Actual money. And not small amounts of money either, she told me a few days ago that she wanted to buy an entire Nintendo Switch with the sole intention of getting some new "routs" on Ikemen Sengoku or whatever it is. Keep in mind we are broke college students who can barely afford grocerie. These are expenses that I know she really should be avoiding.

There is another side to this that I will try to do justice here.

She claims that she does not actually care about these characters. She often says it's like "reading a book" and she's not personally attracted to the characters, but in the plot.
This is off-putting to me because the entire point of the app is to feel like you're dating somebody. I see this as similar to the "I watch porn for the plot." Also, the amount of money that I mentioned earlier and her unwillingness to stop on my behalf tell me that it's not just a book. There is not a book in this world that I wouldn't give up if said book made my girlfriend feel insecure, no matter how good the book is. Also, nobody would buy a $300 book...

2) She seems to really enjoy them. Like I said, I see it as a kind of emotional porn. I would obviously never ask somebody to stop watching porn and would feel a bit off about a significant other asking me to stop watching porn.

However, that doesn't really apply to her talking and being so open about them. I think plenty of pornstars are sexy and there are ones that I watch often or even go out of my way to search, but I don't talk about that to my friends and would never even dream about doing so in front of my girlfriend. I would be able to deal with the apps as a secret guilty pleasure (like porn is for me), but see just so brash about them...

How do I feel more comfortable with this? If I can't get comfortable with it, how do we compromise? Would it be too far for me to ask her to keep the dating sims to herself? To delete them entirely? If she's refusing to budge, what do I do? Are my feelings unjustified entirely?

Edit: I should probably clarify that I would never make her do anything. This is by no means a relationship ending issue and is more of just something that makes me pretty uncomfortable. I know you guys are used to very serious issues on this subreddit and I just wanted to make sure you know this is very minor in comparison.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:33

Midnight Voyager: Jul 2, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Smirking_Serpent posted:

My girlfriend is brazenly playing dating simulators and I'm struggling to deal with it.

Why the heck does he think these are for twelve year olds? Twelve year olds don't have money for microtransactions. And buying the switch isn't financially responsible, but this dude is fuckin weird. Equating dating sim games to literal porn? People don't talk about porn because it's explicit!

Someone introduce that girl to Hatoful Boyfriend, I want to see him post about how his girlfriend secretly wants to gently caress pigeons.

Midnight Voyager fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Mar 19, 2020

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:44

Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

Lol can you imagine being that insecure

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:47

ArbitraryC: Jan 28, 2009; Pick a number, any number; Pillbug

I feel like it could be a reasonable concern but not the way the guy is coming at it. If one of your SO's main hobbies in faux intimacy then yeah they're probably unfulfilled in the relationship in some way.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 01:52

Antivehicular: Dec 30, 2011; I wanna sing one for the cars
That are right now headed silent down the highway
And it's dark and there is nobody driving And something has got to give

I want that woman to suddenly switch video-game genres so the OP can start wondering if she's got unfulfilled desires to shoot Cyberdemons IRL

# ? Mar 19, 2020 02:03

Pirate Radar: Apr 18, 2008; You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Antivehicular posted:

I want that woman to suddenly switch video-game genres so the OP can start wondering if she's got unfulfilled desires to shoot Cyberdemons IRL

Every human being alive has an unfulfilled desire to shoot cyberdemons.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 02:15

Pirate Radar: Apr 18, 2008; You're not my Ruthie!
You're not my Debbie!
You're not my Sherry!

Anyway, have this:

https://twitter.com/sixbrownchicks/status/1240322338475868160?s=21

# ? Mar 19, 2020 02:16

Dazerbeams: Jul 8, 2009

Spending money on and wanting to talk about a dating simulator multiple times is pretty messed up.

# ? Mar 19, 2020 02:25

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# ? May 7, 2024 15:39

Space Kablooey: May 6, 2009

Tomfoolery posted:

Same guy:
What's up with the recent distaste for landlords?

A BLATANT FARSE AND A HAUNTING TELLING OF OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN AMERICA

canyoneer posted:

Not mine. Getting extreme "bastards with money" energy here.

(Xposted from the BWM thread)

Yeah, I wonder why people are not so keen on landlords, now or ever.

_{i had initially misspelled landlords as lardlords and i was torn on fixing it}

# ? Mar 19, 2020 02:32

The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > r/relationships: i calmly said its temporary (its permanent)

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