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Relationship messageboards?
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Dagobert Duck
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Just talk to your wife. No messageboard will help you. Just talk to her and share the feels.
Just my junior opinion.
Just my junior opinion.
We talk, everything is out in the open with her. I just need people who can relate for their input, as I don't mention our business to anyone else in real life.
GrotesqueBeauty
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Better to lean on close and highly trustworthy friends and confidants who know you in real life imo. I feel like consulting a message board is a great way to fill your head with a dozen conflicting points of view, none of which come from a genuine understanding of you and your partner's dynamic, beyond whatever people glean from a fragmentary description which is bound to be somewhat one sided to begin with.
Devolution
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Honestly no. People come at relationship discussions with all their baggage. Find an objective source like a therapist.
I agree with you and anticipate not taking comments as Gospel. My problem is I don't have any confidants to go to. My lil brother is trustworthy but too inexperienced in relationships I fear, and a relative I am close to is a blabber mouth so I am guarded about mentioning relationship issues to her.
Will do, my Obamacare just kicked in.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Back when I was having marriage issues, before it all went to hell, I was amazed at how many online friends I had via social media, and how useless it all was for the needs of actual friendship in tough times. I think a random, semi-anonymous board like Gaf is great for stuff like that.
It's unfortunate about your having family who know your name here. My brother has since gotten an account, and I know he reads my posts, but I don't think he's gone through my many years of back-posts. The prospect is a bit disturbing, I'll grant you.
I'm not terribly familiar with Reddit, isn't it anonymous? Maybe that's your best bet. Either way, best of luck to you, sir.
It's unfortunate about your having family who know your name here. My brother has since gotten an account, and I know he reads my posts, but I don't think he's gone through my many years of back-posts. The prospect is a bit disturbing, I'll grant you.
I'm not terribly familiar with Reddit, isn't it anonymous? Maybe that's your best bet. Either way, best of luck to you, sir.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
Bummer. I guess the rub with marriage is that you don't have as much time to cultivate deep friendships, for fear of neglecting your relationship.
Larger community here: http://www.reddit.com/r/relationships
This is what I was looking for originally, thanks
I would have suggested reddit as well, but this is a good point. I find myself painting advice with my own bias and baggage sometimes, and it probably isn't always helpful.
AlteredForms
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4Chan.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
After a nearly 20 year marriage I would say that I find discussing my relationship online with strangers and their opinions is fairly useless. The sounding box is really something you could accomplish writing out your thoughts to yourself.
Mostly you just draw like-minded responses that reinforce your position. It's opinion masturbation.
Mostly you just draw like-minded responses that reinforce your position. It's opinion masturbation.
Seth Balmore
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Was going to suggest this, yeah. Try /r9k/.
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