07-14-2022, 02:59 PM
The thing is...
I know what it's like to be in a relationship and be totally against making any friends or having other people in your lives at all.
I am WELL acquainted with that feeling, and just the total lack of desire surrounding it. I get it, I do.
But it's isolationist. And that may be fine if your relationship is healthy, but if there are controlling or unhealthy dynamics at play, then it's just not a good thing.
The whole 'friends' thing is a tough one.
Generally, I wouldn't be concerned at all with not having friends around...
But when you're as outnumbered as Rich is with the 3 against 1, feminine presence outweighing the masculine...
I just think a man in that situation needs outside, separate influence from (healthy, non-loser) masculine sources.
I know what it's like to be in a relationship and be totally against making any friends or having other people in your lives at all.
I am WELL acquainted with that feeling, and just the total lack of desire surrounding it. I get it, I do.
But it's isolationist. And that may be fine if your relationship is healthy, but if there are controlling or unhealthy dynamics at play, then it's just not a good thing.
The whole 'friends' thing is a tough one.
Generally, I wouldn't be concerned at all with not having friends around...
But when you're as outnumbered as Rich is with the 3 against 1, feminine presence outweighing the masculine...
I just think a man in that situation needs outside, separate influence from (healthy, non-loser) masculine sources.
