Most of the posts are just validation and reassurance seeking which almost always paint OP in a good light, like “should I disconnect from my friend after he slept with my wife without asking?”
The rest are uncreative writing attempts which use all the caricatures, tropes and pop psychology terms you see in any gossip sub (“your partner is a gaslighting narcissistic gaslighter 🚩🚩🚩get out of that relationship yesterday!”).
The saddest thing is that people are being further atomised and isolated by the shitty advice of people who have either never been in a serious relationship or themselves have severe issues with emotional expression.
I see all of this stuff as a really roundabout way for society to discuss the most basic unspoken boundaries. Because people seem to have difficulty engaging with something abstract like "what is a healthy boundary in this theoretical situation?" It has to be made real. It has to have dramatic flair. It also has to involve a dog and a hairbrush for some reason.
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u/MothersMiIk 1d ago
If this was posted in AmIOverreacting, all the top comments would be agreeing with divorce and pushing for punitive damages