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5 votes
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Our dead bedroom, and our journey to fix it. Any interest in the journey?
I've been married for about 20 years. Our bedroom has been mostly dead for half of that. When I left to go take care of my mother, I didn't know if I would come back home. My husband and I like...
I've been married for about 20 years. Our bedroom has been mostly dead for half of that. When I left to go take care of my mother, I didn't know if I would come back home. My husband and I like each other well enough, but we have each been in our own personally narrated relationship hell for too long. While I was away, we started writing each other letters, the distance seemed to let us "get it all out." We both seem committed to making the next 20 years better than the first. If there is any interest, I'm willing to chronicle our journey back from the brink of divorce, as well as answer any questions anyone might have. I'm the one with the lower sex drive, and with sex more tied to emotional intimacy than my partner. I like Tildes as my personal space and don't really want my husband to have an account, but I would let him use mine to speak his own words if that is something someone would want to hear. If there is no interest, I'll delete this topic in about a week, as I would find it a bit embarrassing in my history.
Edit: I would also be interested in hearing how other people worked through this if anyone would like to talk about it.
46 votes -
On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness
25 votes -
Nothing breaks like AI heart - An interactive essay about artificial intelligence, emotional intelligence, and finding an ending
8 votes -
What's your proposing/marriage story?
I'm interested in knowing how fellow Tilders became engaged and subsequently married. Let's just say I was given some personal reasons to think about the subject lately... I'm interested in...
I'm interested in knowing how fellow Tilders became engaged and subsequently married. Let's just say I was given some personal reasons to think about the subject lately...
I'm interested in knowing what steps led you and your significant other to consider the possibility, how you became engaged, how long did you know each other beforehand, etc...
You know, the kind of thing someone that never considered marriage as an option is utterly ignorant about :P
Any advice?
13 votes -
Joe Biden wants the country to heal from its political divisions. But many people say they aren’t ready to reconnect with their estranged friends and family members.
23 votes -
Queer time: The alternative to “adulting”
15 votes -
A picture of what dating looked like in the 1950s
4 votes -
A factsheet about single people in the USA
10 votes -
Until 1968, a married Texas woman couldn’t own property or start a business without her husband’s permission. Attorney Louise Raggio fought to change that.
10 votes -
The journalist and the pharma bro
9 votes -
Going undercover on a racist dating site
31 votes -
Why do women still change their names?
25 votes -
How to let someone down?
for those still committed to monogamous relationships: if you've been in a situation where you're talking with a few people that could be romantic interests, how do you let them know it's not...
for those still committed to monogamous relationships: if you've been in a situation where you're talking with a few people that could be romantic interests, how do you let them know it's not gonna happen once you've found the (current) one ?
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Five women affected by child marriage tell their stories – and of their struggles to protect others
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How do I talk to my girlfriend about her past sexual assault?
I've been in a relationship with my current girlfriend for almost a year now, and things seem rough right now because of an issue we're having. My girlfriend is upset with me because she thinks I...
I've been in a relationship with my current girlfriend for almost a year now, and things seem rough right now because of an issue we're having.
My girlfriend is upset with me because she thinks I don't care about her past trauma. She's told me, very roughly, what she's gone through, and I told her that whenever she's ready to talk about it, I absolutely will. But according to her, the last time she tried to initiate talking about it, I told her that I had no idea what to say. And this upset her and stonewalled the discussion.
I don't doubt that happened. My problem is, is that if she were to try again, I might just very well do the same thing. I have zero idea on how to handle something of this severity. How do I ask her to talk about it? Is that something I should be asking? What does someone even say when given this information? I am not equipped whatsoever to deal with information of this magnitude and I'm at a loss. How do I let her know that I really do care about her, and am 100% willing to listen to what she has to say? I worry I'm too far in the doghouse to even make use of any of this advice, but any help is immensely appreciated
Edit in case anyone was interested: We talked and we're okay :). She told me what she went through and I didn't handle it nearly as bad as I worried I was going to. Thanks everyone for your kind words and helpful advice.
17 votes -
Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?
9 votes -
Indian Matchmaking only scratches the surface of a big problem
5 votes -
May we all be so brave as 19th century female husbands
11 votes -
"Am I bisexual?" - A guide to dating women for the first time in adulthood
7 votes -
Somerville, Massachusetts, recognizes polyamorous domestic partnerships
13 votes -
Flirting for morons
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For those in marriages or long-term relationships, what do you do with mementos of previous relationships?
I recently went through some old boxes and found my collection of mementos - birthday cards, love letters, ticket stubs, etc. - from years gone by. I'm not convinced marriage will ever be for me,...
I recently went through some old boxes and found my collection of mementos - birthday cards, love letters, ticket stubs, etc. - from years gone by. I'm not convinced marriage will ever be for me, but I've always imagined if I were to get to that point, I'd want to show such a collection to my SO as a way for them to fully understand my story, so to speak. On the one hand, I think of it as a pretty powerful expression of trust in your partner... but I realize the potential for that to massively backfire by introducing jealousy and insecurities. At the same time, I'm very strongly of the belief that what is shared within a relationship is not to be shared with others outside it without mutual consent. I hate gossip, and have had my share of conflict throughout the years over desiring more privacy and discretion in my various SO's conversations with their friends and family about us. That means I would probably choose to leave aside certain things out of respect for my exes, but then I'm not sure if that devalues the gesture.
Any thoughts?
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What was your "oh, they wanted more than coffee!" moment?
In an episode of the TV show Seinfeld, a woman invites George Costanza for a cup of coffee in her apartment after a date. George rejects the offer, saying if he drank coffee that late he would...
In an episode of the TV show Seinfeld, a woman invites George Costanza for a cup of coffee in her apartment after a date. George rejects the offer, saying if he drank coffee that late he would stay up all night. The woman leaves the car visibly underwhelmed. After a second, George realizes "coffee" meant "sex" and he just lost a great opportunity.
Have you ever had a moment like that (not necessarily about romance), in which a silly misunderstanding led to the loss of an opportunity?
22 votes -
Is marriage over?
7 votes -
Don't nag your husband during lockdown, Malaysia's government advises women
6 votes -
Love in coronavirus times – couple meets for dates on closed Danish-German border
5 votes -
What it’s like to isolate with your girlfriend and her other boyfriend
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Love in the time of coronavirus?
Following an off-topic conversation starting here: https://tildes.net/~health.coronavirus/mq7/advice_from_a_doctor_who_studied_coronaviruses_for_50_years#comment-4qi7 I thought it would be handy...
Following an off-topic conversation starting here:
I thought it would be handy to establish that life still continues even in pandemic lockdown. One participant mentions a successful video date, and another wishes for sex.
The questions below may be personal and sensitive - please use your best judgement in answering or refraining to do so. Usual Tildes rules of courtesy apply.
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If you're in a relationship, what are you doing to keep it alive and healthy?
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If you're not partnered, what are you doing, if anything, to date or otherwise meet your needs while everything is closed down (if this is the case where you are)?
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Does your idea of love or sex require physical contact?
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If physical contact is required, what, if anything, are you doing to stay safe right now?
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How Sweden is fixing the housework gender gap – do Swedish-style tax breaks for cleaners provide a solution or perpetuate gender-role norms?
6 votes -
How dating became a market, and the consequences that follow from this
22 votes -
A nation mourns innocents lost in suburban street
9 votes -
Eight things toxic mothers have in common
10 votes -
The new breed of sex addicts - who don't have sex
10 votes -
Advanced love: The secrets of a lasting (and stylish) relationship
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Queer time: The alternative to “adulting” | What constitutes adulthood has never been self-evident or value-neutral. Queer lives follow their own temporal logic.
10 votes -
YouTube: bad? - Shannon Strucci's musing on YouTube, fan toxicity, issues with takedowns, and the ups and downs of a YouTube career
5 votes -
An adult’s guide to social skills, for those who were never taught
7 votes -
On the line between truth and fiction when writing about your family
8 votes -
Learning about love and banter from Tinder, Garry Kasparov, and Turing tests
7 votes -
When does a boyfriend or girlfriend become part of the family?
10 votes -
Lovers in Auschwitz, reunited seventy-two years later. He had one question
7 votes -
fire
This is a reflection of what building friendships and close relationships is like for me. Mental health makes everything much harder, but I keep trying. it shines and blazes such light and warmth...
This is a reflection of what building friendships and close relationships is like for me. Mental health makes everything much harder, but I keep trying.
it shines and blazes such light and warmth stories told round the hearth cold nights kept a safe distance away beauty in chaotic dancing patterns it promises everything all at once no regard for consequences or the future just passion in the moment no foresight, only enthralling abandon its wake is ash empty, cold, dead no energy never burn again it destroys what it loves what it needs not because it wants to because it is destruction guised as passion
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'You don't have to settle': the joy of living (and dying) alone
10 votes -
On finding the freedom to rage against our fathers
8 votes -
Romantic regimes
6 votes -
Indonesia moving to ban sex outside marriage
16 votes -
Using "time outs" to discipline children is not going to harm them or your relationship with them, US research suggests
6 votes -
Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it
6 votes -
The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghostwriter Natalie
5 votes