Originally Posted by ribbons (Post 2165525)

:laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing::laughing:

We may need a fitted sheet for that couch. ;)

Originally Posted by ribbons (Post 2165532)

*** Googles brown chicken brown cow ***

Uh-huh, something like that (thank you, Urban Dictionary). In other words, you're trying to tell us to "Get a couch!". :laughing:

:shycouch:

Originally Posted by ribbons (Post 2165532)

*** Googles brown chicken brown cow ***

Uh-huh, something like that (thank you, Urban Dictionary). In other words, you're trying to tell us to "Get a couch!". :laughing:

:shycouch:

Originally Posted by Marie Monday (Post 2165514)

My judgement is definitely coloured by my view of heterosexual relationships, and of course people will drift apart, but the fact that these nagging wife/mancaveman dynamics emerge is a gender role issue. And if you can't work it out and have that particular attitude towards each other (like the typical case of woman pestering man and complaining to her friends, man escaping and making sexist jokes about his wife/women in general at the bar) I think you should start questioning how much you had to offer each other in the first place.

Or for example Allen Ginsberg whining about how women chain you up and inhibit you in Howl. If men can be companions while you have your adventures and endeavours without stopping you, why not women? You're just picking someone incompatible because you're looking for someone to do your laundry.

Originally Posted by Plankton (Post 2165551)

Or a room, yes. :laughing:

Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy (Post 2165537)

I did that weird thing where I married someone that I actually like being around, but she also respects that I have my own hobbies that are separate from her and vise versa

I would bet that most of the time anyone that complains that their SO is “nagging” them is probably the problem themselves because they’re being too emotionally distant or just straight up neglecting important needs in the relationship. Which could come down to societally influenced gender roles but more likely it could just be because one or both of the people in the relationship are sacks of ****.

Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2165552)

I find it interesting that you have such strong opinions on heterosexual relationships specifically, since presumably you have very little experience in that regard.

Also, you did say you related to the patrice bit I posted... Exactly how did you relate? You said you're more like a man so you relate but now you day heterosexual relationships are stunted by gender roles... Yet the extent to which you relate is the extent to which those gender roles also creep into same sex relationships.