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Truth is the second option one is just a normal ass guy. Everyone has emotions and needs. The fact is it’s still taboo to be a “man” and have emotions.

Like honestly tell me any other option on there is preferable to someone with emotions… She acting like women don’t require the same thing? Gtfoh. It’s not even a bad thing. It’s just a human thing.

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What she’s referring to isn’t the same as having emotions. She means the people who expect everyone around them, especially their romantic partner, to manage their emotions for them. Plenty of women do it, too.

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I don’t know anyone like that. I do know we are plenty of people who are drama queens.

But that’s not really the same thing as having emotions people with functional emotions are actually fine, it’s the ones that don’t have emotions but do have an awful lot of opinions that are the problem.

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one of the main points and benefits of a relationship is being able to share problems with someone else and have someone that could cheer you up or to share excitement with

‘emotional labor’ is for actual jobs, especially customer service type jobs

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They mean something else though, which is having a partner who expects you to do all introspection and relationship management for you. I guess a lot of men did not have such a partner, because it is more common in men to expect this from their partner.

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This is not about having emotions or talk about them. It’s about expecting your partner to navigate your emotions for you. If you don’t know what emotional labour is, you probably were lucky enough to never have to be in a relationship with someone who expects that from you.

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She’s referring to overly emotional men, who need extra attention; guys who can’t handle failure or rejection, who have a bad day at work and then can’t help around the house at all at night and who expect their partner to take care of them, regardless of how their partner’s day went. I know the type of dude she’s talking about and I wouldn’t want my daughter to bring one home. Dude needs a mother not a partner.

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Nope this is a list of all the men available, like she said. She’s painting all emotional men with the same brush. There are good men and bad men in each of those categories she listed, but she thinks we’re all bad.

So I cry and need a hug sometimes? Emotional labor. I can describe the full range of emotions I feel to a partner and deal with them in a healthy way? Gross.

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You have a victim mentality. You are looking for this stuff and you’re finding it. The post does not say that.

“As we seek so shall we find.”

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So she wants a guy with a low sex drive, who she doesnt have to have any emotional attachment to, but who emotionally invested in her, that doesnt have any self confidence, and doesnt know any feminist theory so he cant tell he’s in a toxic relationship and doesnt treat her like “shit” (an equal)

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Sounds like she’ll shout: “worship me as I am your goddess” and “I demand tribute” on a regular basis.

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Some guys are into that

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Is that not a normal thing to do?

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Depends on the context.

In the bedroom: yes

In a Porsche showroom: no

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Hmm I think you might be some of the red flags she’s talking about especially the manipulative one.

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She literally said she doesn’t want a guy who is sensitive and doesn’t want a guy who is emotionally distant. Make it make sense.

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Well then that’s because you had a READING FAIL or you’re playing syntax argument and pretending that you’re confused.

Of course It wouldn’t make sense if you stopped reading after the first two words out of two entire sentences. Each point had descriptions but you’re ignoring them just to launch into a pitchfork argument. This is ‘Syntax’ argument. That’s some bad actor energy right there at worst. red herring argument at best.

So you’re Confused? Go back and reread for more than two words per line. Sound it out loud if you’re still ‘confused’. Talk to an English teacher if need be.

But personally I don’t believe you are confused. Not today, lil incel. Ya blocked.

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Well, if we’re generalizing THAT much, the dating pool for guys is just as bad.

We’ve got:

-women who will go out with you just for a free dinner date, then never talk to you again

-women who are looking for sugar daddies

-women obsessed with their socials (IG, TikTok, etc)

-women so unnatural you question they can still be considered human (lip fillers, butt lifts, boob jobs, have you ever heard of the term “Bimbofication”?)

-all of the above

In reality, there are so many more people in this world that don’t fit any of these categories on the men or women side. It’s just that a lot of the “dating pool” she’s talking about is centered around dating apps. The real world is so much more diverse.

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Your forgetting the “I have sex” girl.

Having sex is basically her whole personality.

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Those women are the worst. Where do they hang out so I can avoid them?

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How about “astrology and crystals are my personality”

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I was with a girl in her room and when she started teaching me about astrology, I just bursted out laughing with how dumb it was. Basically, what you just said before but 10x worse with this girl, there were rocks fucking everywhere. I’m suprised Hank from Breaking Bad didn’t show up.

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Jesus Christ Marie, they’re minerals!

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So she’s complaining about sensitive guys, but also doesn’t want them to be emotionally distant.

Basically wants the guy to do the “emotional labour” but not do any herself.

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How to phrase this…

Women’s behavior towards men’s emotions is like…it’s their very very favorite TV show, but they hate almost all of the episodes. They want you to be emotional, they want you to be in touch with your feelings…until you actually do, and she throws the remote through the screen because it’s not one of the very few episodes of this show that she likes.

There are words I just don’t say out loud in any context anymore because of this. “Love” is one of them. One of my exes would throw a three act opera of a shit fit if I said something like “I love jalapenos on pizza” because “You’ll say you love PEPPERS but not ME!” Well yeah, Tiffany; 1 because the word has different meanings when applied to food vs applied to a person, and 2 we’ve been dating for five weeks at this point; I’m still in the stage of trying to determine if you’re sane enough to get serious with, and early exit polls aren’t looking very promising." So I say things like “I really enjoy jalapenos on pizza” and I sound like a cyborg but I’m not sitting through another fucking meltdown like that.

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Emotional Labor is for the individual to do. If you feel like you need help, that’s what a therapist is for. Do you expect a gf to be your therapist? Sharing and expressing feelings is a normal part of a relationship, but expecting your SO to also be your own personal therapist is completely unhealthy. Everyone has their own emotional Labor to do, why should anyone else (who’s not a therapist) be expected to do yours?

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uhhh, yeah, my wife and i try to be the best therapist we can be for each other. not wanting to do that for the person you love seems weird to me.

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Everyone has their own emotional Labor to do, why should anyone else (who’s not a therapist) be expected to do yours?

Because part of a healthy relationship involves sharing with your partner and helping them through their struggles, emotional or otherwise?

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Relationships are emotional labor on both sides

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