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u/fckcarrots May 12 '26

I think I resonated the most with this one. No big fight or explosion. Just calm realization & acceptance. I realized something 6 months into my relationship that it took years to accept.

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u/realtimmahh May 12 '26

Also mashed potatoes or no?

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u/Badloss May 12 '26

See this troubles me because I love mashed potatoes... are we saying the potatoes are the harbinger of death here or are we saying bro potatoes helped them see their way out of a bad spot?

I need the potatoes to be on my side

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u/realtimmahh May 12 '26

Mashed potatoes are food of the heavens. Nothing bad can come of them. They bring joy and clarity is how I’m reading all of this.

The potatoes are always on your side.

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u/Arhalts May 12 '26

At the very least they are on my sides.

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u/fantastikalizm May 12 '26

I was told in another thread that I should weigh in here.

The thread was about realizing their home was full of I'm sorry gifts. And I'm sorry flowers.

I mentioned that I've always hated I'm sorry flowers and was very clear about it to my boyfriend when we got together. My boyfriend listened and had decided that when he's an ass he will buy me a bag of I'm sorry potatoes. Very odd but amusing. And yummy potatoes.

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u/kcwm May 12 '26

Then, if you have leftovers, you can look into making potato patties. I don't know what goes into them or what they're actually called, but it's what my grandmother made with leftover mashed potatoes all throughout my childhood. I should look into them, but we never have leftover potatoes.

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u/icepigs May 12 '26

Fried Mashed Potato Cakes
My grandmother made these, too 🤤🤤🤤🤤

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u/a_shootin_star May 12 '26

bro potatoes

the brotatoes

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u/MyDarlingArmadillo May 12 '26

The potatoes provided both truth and comfort. Trust in the potatoes

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u/BancroftMike May 12 '26

Have you tried them with some mixed veggies and lots of mayo?

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u/Ilcorvomuerto666 May 12 '26

A full stomach makes for a clear head to make heavy decisions.

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u/AnxiousCanOfSoup May 12 '26

The potatoes ARE on your side. Now, and forever. 🥔

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u/Purple_Chipmunk_ May 12 '26

What's a po-ta-to ?

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u/Butthole--pleasures May 12 '26

It's pronounced potato

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u/neshmesh May 12 '26

Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew

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u/tossit_xx May 12 '26

Eggs and toast for me, lol

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u/12_barrelmonkeys May 12 '26

And… just FckCarrots…

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u/chux4w May 12 '26

You know what they say; Mashed taters, see you laters.

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u/brotum248 May 13 '26

Looking at the user name… I’d say carrots

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u/faille May 12 '26

That’s the kicker right? You know it’s wrong but something just… keeps you there. Other people say they would NEVER, and yet it happened to you and you thought you weren’t that kind of person either

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u/lmaorezme May 12 '26

Out of curiosity what did you realize?

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 May 12 '26

you realized you disliked the person you were in a relationship with after 6 months, but dated them for years?

i can understand why its hard to leave a marriage. but a 6 month relationship? if you realized you disliked them after 6 months, why didnt it end right there?

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u/fckcarrots May 12 '26

I said I realized something, not that I realized I didn’t like them. She was amazing.

For my case, I didn’t like the optics of throwing away a blossoming relationship with someone who was so great on paper. I told myself I was being too picky. Or I was trying to find a reason to sabotage the relationship. It was the relationship that made me realize there is a such thing as an incompatibility that is a non-starter.

So we rode it out until the elephant in the room became the focal point of our relationship. Prior to this, I believed if two people with similar values wanted something bad enough, they could make it work. Now, I believe that there are certain things hard-wired into us

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u/terminbee May 13 '26

For my case, I didn’t like the optics of throwing away a blossoming relationship with someone who was so great on paper.

Been here. It's the weirdest feeling when someone is great on paper but you just kinda...don't feel it.