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Ever have one of those "How the fuck am I still single, when this is my competition?!" moments?

I keep hearing about dudes just casually watching porn in non-masturbatory contexts the way I scroll through funny animal videos on Youtube and I just don't get it

The nice thing about divorce in this case is that the kids wouldn't have a father in their life anyway.

Obvious bait

This can't be real. The bit about "everyone acting like it's totally normal" for something that's clearly not, and just the absurdity of the situation makes me believe it's fake. People can't be that shitty, can they? But in the 1% chance it's true, wtf

Having the internet on any pocket-sized device should be outlawed and hundreds of millions of people need to be put into rehabilitation camps.

everyone around me acting like it's a totally normal thing to be WATCHING PORN IN THE SAME ROOM YOUR LABORING WIFE IS IN

Entertainment has no effect on people which is why some can't voluntarily stop fucking consuming it for the sake of anyone else. If it wasn't porn it would be paddle balls or flipping a coin with equal intensity and fixation, because material conditions.

mamma mia holy ravioli that's a spicy meat-a ball

My wife and I have had two children for both children, I had a bugout bag set up which included a book. Delivery takes hours, it's often quick near the end, but we had to wait through contractions and dilation. It is not normal to watch porn in situations like this - one can argue that pornography, outside of kink shows, or art exhibitions is meant for private consumption.

My jaw is on the floor. Holy shit.

Fake as hell, but as a AMAB person I can confirm that the bar is low. I get compliments fairly often by doing what seem to me like normal spouse/parent stuff. These compliments are always from women, which offers a depressing insight into what they've been conditioned to accept

You'd think so, but if you are a single older guy, 'Being nice to people.' is seen as 'Being desperate for attention or interaction', at least until you hang out enough for people to realize 'oh no, he's fine with being ignored he's just a nice guy.' Which is wild to me because I see being an obnoxious asshole as being desperate for attention.

Social situations are completely fucked these days, especially with dating because of the toxic shit that both men and women are taught by 'dating gurus' on the internet. What happens is that people ask their friends advice on stuff, but their friends who are into these types of relationship dramas are getting their advice from people who are pushed on the algorithm, who are almost all people who are complete drama freaks. The amount of normalization (and romanticization) of whacky creepy behavior is wild.

My partner had to get an endoscopy a couple of weeks ago and I sat with her the whole time, holding her hand and talking

The only time she was out of my sight was during the actual procedure and the second she was in recovery, I went back and sat with her until she was ready to have me drive her back home

I can't even imagine doing any less for someone I love

Pretty sure you're fine being on your phone here and there. Especially for the long ass labours that go 24 hours sometimes. The porn is a weird though you can go without that.

Seriously, the shit that I get praised for as a man is concerning. It's apparently unusual for a guy to talk about his spouse or baby approvingly, or to say 'thank you' to a fast food worker