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11 Nov 2025, 5:51 pm

^ It is called a rage bait, it is common lately in media.

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11 Nov 2025, 5:53 pm

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I see successful heterosexual relationships all around me to be fair

For now anyway.

There has to be hope man

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11 Nov 2025, 6:08 pm

cyberdora wrote:

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I see successful heterosexual relationships all around me to be fair

For now anyway.

...what is THAT supposed to mean?!?

Aren't you currently married @cyberdora?

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11 Nov 2025, 7:09 pm

kuen wrote:

This feels like deliberately polarising nonsense to me.

One commenter on this thread has said the article was written by an academician whose research she respects. I posted this because I thought it would inspire some interesting discussion but if it becomes antagonistic I may ask for the thread to be locked.

I apologize to anyone who thinks this shouldn't be posted. I really did want to see if people seriously agreed with that author's views or their reasons for disagreeing.

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12 Nov 2025, 12:53 am

Mikurotoro92 wrote:

cyberdora wrote:

babybird wrote:

I see successful heterosexual relationships all around me to be fair

For now anyway.

...what is THAT supposed to mean?!?

Aren't you currently married @cyberdora?

I mean the next generation

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12 Nov 2025, 7:36 am

There's also a viral Vogue article claiming that having a boyfriend is embarassing nowadays.

It's the same message of the article in OP https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/is-havi ... assing-now

From the Vogue article:

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But there was an overwhelming sense from single and partnered women alike that, regardless of the relationship, being with a man was an almost guilty thing to do. On The Delusional Diaries Podcast, fronted by two New York-based influencers, Halley and Jaz, they discuss whether having a boyfriend is “lame” now. “Why does having a boyfriend feel Republican?” read a top comment, with 12,000 likes. “Boyfriends are out of style. They won’t come back in until they start acting right,” read another, with 10,000 likes. In essence, “having a boyfriend typically takes hits on a woman’s aura”, as one commenter claimed. Funnily enough, both of these hosts have partners, which is something I often see online. Even partnered women will lament men and heterosexuality – partly in solidarity with other women, but also because it is now fundamentally uncool to be a boyfriend-girl.

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12 Nov 2025, 7:59 am

^I bet those women are obsessed with the current top celebs & latest social media trends. As much as I hated being single, I'm pretty sure I would rather be single than with someone that shallow :tongue:

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12 Nov 2025, 9:29 am

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Indeed, those ones are literally living inside their Social Media bubble.

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12 Nov 2025, 5:21 pm

People were gay when it was illegal in the western world, and people around the world today are still gay where it's illegal. I doubt that some influencers saying "having a boyfriend is lame" will prevent any significant number of straight women from having romantic relationships with men. If it's a fashion choice to not having a boyfriend I think they weren't very interested in the first place.

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12 Nov 2025, 8:32 pm

What about women with husbands? Am I being unfashionable for having a husband? So we're supposed to be single or lesbian now? :scratch:

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12 Nov 2025, 8:55 pm

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What about women with husbands? Am I being unfashionable for having a husband? So we're supposed to be single or lesbian now? :scratch:

Still the norm...

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12 Nov 2025, 9:37 pm

My best friend is a lesbian. I seem to fit in with lesbians. Sometimes I wish I were a lesbian myself. But I'm not, and I don't believe anybody chooses their sexuality.

I definitely like men, especially from the 1800s, in their top hats and bow ties. Dreamy. :heart:

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13 Nov 2025, 12:48 am

Tamaya wrote:

What about women with husbands? Am I being unfashionable for having a husband? So we're supposed to be single or lesbian now? :scratch:

Well...marriage is no longer the desired goal for most people so you might actually be in the minority!! !

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13 Nov 2025, 12:49 am

Mikurotoro92 wrote:

Tamaya wrote:

What about women with husbands? Am I being unfashionable for having a husband? So we're supposed to be single or lesbian now? :scratch:

Well...marriage is no longer the desired goal for most people so you might actually be in the minority!! !

I think you may be right. Most couples don't get married these days. I just like to be old-fashioned lol.

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13 Nov 2025, 4:19 am

Did you have a wedding dress

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13 Nov 2025, 10:47 am

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Did you have a wedding dress

No, trouser suit lol.

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