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[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I mean, it's your gf. Standard stuff tbh

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A standard green flag, for sure.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Should be, and usually is, but if you've never been in a healthy relationship you may not expect it. Especially if you've been in an unhealthy relationship.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I remember my husband-then-boyfriend being super happy he could just ask me to do stuff and I'd do it. I mean, yeah, of course, that's how relationships work?

Took me a long time to figure out that for most of his previous relationship, that really wasn't so obvious.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That's pretty much my story as well. Early into the first healthy relationship I was in, my gf stopped by my work to drop me off a donut. Just happened to be shopping nearby and thought of me.

That shit was outright mindblowing to me at the time considering I had a negative sense of self worth. Guess it still is to an extent, but I don't get the overwhelming "oh God oh fuck I don't deserve this" feeling I used to.

E: sp

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How do you go from husband to boyfriend without breaking up?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ah right, the less common backward in time then.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not really standard. Lots of people are terrible at giving gifts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I'm grateful for anything I get, but honestly this year all I could think in my head with every gift I received was "do you guys even know me?"