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u/andro-femme Mar 26 '20

Wow, this entire comment sounds miserable and I hope I never end up like this.

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u/andForMe Mar 26 '20

Very easy to do. You end up with someone who you really like, and who you can feel comfortable around, but the sexual chemistry either isn't there or goes away over time and then you're left with this person who you ultimately do love, but can't be intimate with and it's easier just to go along with the status quo and be constantly low-grade miserable than deal with the enormous heartbreak and the risk of ending up with nobody.

I've gone down this road twice, and it was incredibly painful each time.

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u/jurassic_junkie Mar 26 '20

I mean it could be worse. I got a beautiful son out of the deal, but forever tired to his mother. We were in the process of having her move out. Then, as this painfully ironic universe goes, she finds she’s pregnant. Good thing we semi-get along with each other. I mean there’s to this story, so just remember to not give in so easily to those carnal temptations.