Mine hit me with the “We're spending all this money on you now so you can’t grow up and say we didn’t spend money on you when your were a kid.”

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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's okay.

Really messed me up, tbh. Told that my purpose as a woman was to get married and "please my husband", no matter what.

As a teen, my desire to like boys never manifested. My youth pastor would preach about how women were princesses whose desire was to be saved by a knight, and men were knights seeking adventure. I always wanted the adventure, and I was completely ostracized for it.

Imagine being told that your purpose is to be loved, then realizing that your true self is something nobody will ever love.

It's disturbing, and I was severely depressed throughout my entire young & teenage years.

(it got much worse, but I don't want to go over that. Just know that I escaped that shit eventually.)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Thanks for letting us know that you escaped.

    And just so you know: I love my girlfriend, because she is the adventurer between us. She climbs mountains and explores exotic countries, she's rugged and confident and the coolest person I know. She is my knight and although I'm no princess, she is very much loved for wanting adventure.

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