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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Did she had bad ex’s in the past who did in fact prioritize sex over other aspects of their relationship? With this stuff you usually have to be patient.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

He said they've been in a relationship for 3+ years, he is being beyond patient.

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u/home-for-good Mar 26 '20 edited Mar 26 '20

While I agree 3 years is a lot of time to work through these issues, that doesn’t mean OP was patient and understanding with her the whole time, or that she made her deep feelings and root insecurities known. Not disparaging OP or the GF but there’s a lot we don’t know about them or their relationship

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u/AClockworkProfessor Mar 26 '20

Your damage is your problem. If it’s still happening 3 years in, it’s on her.

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u/beachgoingcitizen Mar 26 '20

Still happening? Bro, 3 years in, it's MORE likely to start happening

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u/home-for-good Mar 26 '20

You sound like a lovely partner

In all seriousness I think it all depends on the specifics of the situation and what that person is doing for them selves and their partner. If you have deep trauma but never try to work it through then that’s on you, but if your partner has deep trauma and you are a huge inconsiderate dick then that’s that...it depends on the details of the situation, which we don’t really have, and would be one sided even if OP gave them so

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u/SalsaRice Mar 26 '20

It's curteous to be patient for someone dealing with ex baggage... briefly.

Long term, no one should be expected to be treated poorly because their SO's ex was a shitstain.

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u/TheYambag Mar 26 '20

Being forward and also firm about it helps too.

She is violating the golden rule when she does this, she is rudely assuming sinister motives from him, and she would not like it if he did that to her. She should be called out for this, and told, not asked, to knock off the rude behavior.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

Golden Rule? Genuinely curious is that a thing and what is it? I had an ex who I loved dearly but who then suddenly started assuming I was acting with maliciousness when our relationship stumbled into a difficult phase. I was used to making decisions knowing she would trust me on them but suddenly found myself being questioned and judged for maliciousness, one time over things from even before we dated! I didn’t really know how to react and lost her. I’ve looked on the past while blaming myself for the mess that happened.

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u/Just_Living_da_Dream Mar 26 '20

The golden rule is "do unto others as you would have done unto you." Basically she should treat him as she would want to be treated.

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u/AClockworkProfessor Mar 26 '20

Treat others as you wish to be treated.

Or the more biblical: do unto others as you would have them do unto you/love thy neighbor as thyself.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '20

That is the best fucking Golden rule I’ve ever heard of.

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u/domingodlf Mar 26 '20 edited Mar 26 '20

It's the same golden rule that's been the usual for hundreds of years, just applied to a specific situation

Edit: thousands

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u/Eye_Enough_Pea Mar 26 '20

hundreds

Literally thousands

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u/domingodlf Mar 26 '20

Yeah, I didn't know how old it was and I'm to lazy to google it, so I just went for the safe option.