This isn’t my favorite subject, but the discourse around it is so unhealthy that I will reluctantly weigh in. Over the lifetime of a marriage, you will have children and go through hard times. Life will be busy and stressful. People who think the way that this woman does are never gonna make it. Why? Because especially for women, when we are stressed out or busy we are not going to just “be in the mood” first and then have the sex. We are often going to be better served going with it even if it’s not the top priority and getting into it as things move along. If you’re waiting for all the conditions to be perfect, it’s simply not going to happen a lot of the time. Women like Jennifer think life is a fairytale, and that there has to be romance and arousal FIRST before anything can happen. But busy, hectic family life isn’t the movies. You have to think of it the opposite way. You married a person that you love and you are attracted to. During times of stress and busyness those feelings aren’t going to come first and be readily apparent like they are when you’re dating and everything is relaxed and easy. BUT, this is where they get things wrong again. They think I’m telling women to have sex even if they don’t want to. That’s not what I’m saying. It’s kind of like when you’re trying to get in shape. How many days are you busy and stressed out and don’t feel like going to the gym? but you’re committed to your health so you go anyway BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID, and once you’re there and you get warmed up, you might have the best workout of your life. It’s going to be like this with every committment in life. Whether it’s a big goal, college, career, fitness, etc. you know the long-term goal is important to you, but there are definitely going to be days where you feel tired, stressed, and just not in the mood to pursue the goal. But you do it anyway because you know if you don’t you won’t get anywhere. You cannot only take care of your spouse and love them when you’re in the mood. If you go in with this mindset, YOU WILL FAIL. So it’s not about “having sex when you don’t want to.” HE IS YOUR HUSBAND. You always want to, it’s just that sometimes you’re not in the mood because you are stressed, tired, or distracted. But you have to have a long-term mindset of being committed to the physical part of your marriage or you’re going to miss out on it. AND THATS A HUGE LOSS FOR THE WOMAN! All I’m trying to say is that women who have this mindset are actually ruining it for themselves just as much as they are ruining it for their husband. Couples who learn to get into it, even when the conditions are far from perfect, are the ones who have the most enjoyable sex lives. Sometimes when everything else in life is going wrong, this can be the one area that you can still control and enjoy with your favorite person. It will keep you close during those tough times . I didn’t wanna have to be the one to explain this, but sometimes nobody else is willing to say this stuff. These used to be conversations women had with their grandmothers, but I feel like feminism ruined that.
@aarongblack@walterpols@GreenPlusAnE the boomers voted for this change from wage based to asset based as soon as it was possible, along with other policies that benefit them at the expense of other cohorts (tracking across decades). The difference is younger cohorts care about other people too, not just themselves.
@ADoseofBuckley@FoxNews 13.5 million people voluntarily watched Shane Gillis make an *unscreened lynching joke during a comedy roast. that's the thing about tv scripts...they have to be pre-approved by the network before they go on air.
this logic could be extended indefinitely
example 1: "I should be able to go to bed without the pressure of cuddling my wife"
example 2: "i should be able to go out in public without the pressure of holding my wife's hand"
if you feel pressure during intimacy don't be married
it's actually a great idea to make out and cuddle every night before bed with zero pressure of it leading to sex.
people's intimacy would improve tenfold if women felt safe doing this without fear of it always turning into more and someone getting mad if you don't want to!
@dilanesper You’re giving up money when you need it most and might have a family and getting it when you need it least and don’t have any dependents. That doesn’t strike me as good.
@CPTTANKERJOEv2@Awk20000 Can't afford housing? Get a job.
Can't afford to buy a car? Get a job.
Luxury for you is complaining on your unlimited internet smartphone about not being able to be a basic adult.
Lucky for you with entitlements you can get everything anyway. That's the real issue.
This is also where the adage “get a job” comes from. As if jobs are everywhere.
Cuz for boomers, they were! All you had to do back then was apply and eventually things would work out.
@LizzyStarrrdust@DeadlessHick So you rejected them. Is it because they were low value men and thus below your standards? Perhaps only low value men proposed because only low value men would propose to a woman like you.
@BrendaFrost18@VladTheInflator It's a tax where young generations are being outvoted by the larger voter share. So it's "you" doing the snatching.
I've never tried to portray myself as tough. I don't like to go around picking fights. But steal from me? Steal from my family? I'll do what I have to.
@BrendaFrost18@VladTheInflator Most thieves feel no shame, or worry. The only language your ilk seem to understand is force, I understand that.
This is not fearmongering, it's a promise.
@BrendaFrost18@VladTheInflator again boomers outnumber genz and millenials but as the years pass, you'll die off and we will vote more. Your days are numbered.
@BrendaFrost18@VladTheInflator oh we will🫡 and I'll do my part to take what was stolen from us.
And your tax was sent down the drain to pay for some program you voted for. Now you reaching deep in my pockets for a handout. We will rectify this.
@BrendaFrost18@VladTheInflator 10k adults in the US turn 35 each year. With each passing year your vote gets weaker and our vote gets stronger.
Get snippy with us and we will revoke your Social Security & Medicare.
And if you're not stealing, where's my social security tax going to?
https://t.co/tlibGWowur
"~13,000 Americans expected to turn 35 every day for the next 10 years"
Invitation Homes lays out the solid demographics behind rental and entry-level housing in US.
Of course some other variables - immigration (or lack thereof), headship rates, regional winners/losers, etc.