• KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    idk man explaining relationships seems like a pretty reasonable and normal thing to me, if both people aren’t on the same terms i’m not sure how anybody is expecting it to work otherwise.

    You could subscribe to a “social” relationship standard but that’s stupid.

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      4 months ago

      Explaining what you seek in a relationship is good, doesn’t mean you need to “educate” your partner on what you think love is, everyone has different needs.

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        4 months ago

        Educating your partner on what you think love is, and what you seek in a relationship is good. How can they be expected to know, otherwise?

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          4 months ago

          I guess my english comprehension today failed me because I said the same thing minus the educate part, isn’t the word used in a teaching context? I read OP’s post as someone who has a higher understanding of what a relationship is, which is both weird and untrue since you absolutely can have fireworks/effusive emotions after the honeymoon phase.

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            4 months ago

            which is both weird and untrue since you absolutely can have fireworks/effusive emotions after the honeymoon phase.

            you definitely can but its never going to be the same as it was during the honeymoon phase, there’s a reason they call it that. Though for me personally there would never be a honeymoon phase lol. I just don’t approach relationships like that.