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Ask Men 6w
Most younger guys don’t actually think like this right? I feel like his tweet is a super gen x/older milennial type of take.
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417 upvotes, 3 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in Girl Talk.
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Anonymous 6w

Posts that generalize the entirety of men will always be shaky at best. Some men need therapy, most men just need a wife, yes. It’s also not an either/or situation, you can have both. I would think most young men would definitely agree with the latter part, the former part less so

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Anonymous 6w

I am on neither side because they are both wrong. Alex is wrong, because therapy is beneficial even if you are a man. However, he is right that sometimes men just need someone to listen and care. Decon is wrong, because that is a whole ass straw-man he made up in his head, overalls and everything.

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Anonymous 6w

I mean I wouldn't say no to either

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Anonymous 6w

wtf? are partners not supposed to be there for each other during hard times? that doesnt sound like a relationship to me, at least one that i would want. sharing struggles (done right, without emotionally burdening your partner) is a part of any deep relationship, not just romantic, but also platonic.

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Anonymous 6w

Men don’t need therapists or nurturing women they need mental fortitude or shotguns with a single shell

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Anonymous replying to -> pirosnake 6w

I get what you mean. I agree. What I take issue with are guys who think a woman substitutes therapy, since typically most women feel overwhelmed and unqualified to be the only emotional support for someone (especially someone in crisis). But ofc all humans just need connection and kindness sometimes, not necessarily a clinician. Glad you see the nuance.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 6w

You need therapy.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 6w

Yup. Generalizations aren’t helpful at all. If someone has a mental illness obviously that requires one type of solution. Versus if someone is just lonely and needs companionship. I’m glad most people are on the same page.

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Anonymous replying to -> vangogh 6w

i hate mfs who try to think proper relationships are just sunshine and rainbows, bc it's not. some days you will struggle, and one should usually offer to support the other (regardless of gender), and some days you will fight, which is completely normal. romantic and platonic attachment is often based off of examples of parental love, so trying to label that kind of love as "parental figure love" means fucking nothing unless he's genuinely being babied and can't take care himself at all

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Anonymous replying to -> vangogh 6w

For me, that is not what this tweet is saying. It is talking about how a relationship is a substitute for therapy/“enough” for guys by default. The reason it’s problematic is because 1) not all problems can or should be addressed that way. All people can need professional help sometimes. And 2) it puts the female partner into a caregiving box essentially, that they may not want to be in. The guy who wrote it wasn’t talking about sharing struggles in a healthy way imo.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 6w

Did you read my comment

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