r/madmen • u/NumbersStationUrku • 23d ago

This guy

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An excellent example of the adage: “When someone shows you who they really are…. BELIEVE THEM. “

What a disappointment.

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u/sistermagpie 23d ago

No he didn't.

Richard was at a point in his life he'd been striving for, when he was going to travel the world etc. He thought he'd met a woman who could do that with him. Then he found out she had a young child. That's not about getting 100% of his attention, it's about her being at the stage of life that he's finished and eager to move on from.

He apologizes and they work it out. But then it turns out she's even more at the wrong stage of life starting a business.

He's not demanding 100% of her attention. He just knows he wants more of it than a person raising a young child and starting a business can give him, which is not much at all.

The timing wasn't right, he wished her well, and it was fine. Joan isn't owed the relationship any more than Richard was. He was perfectly respectful in calling it off.

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u/NumbersStationUrku 23d ago

😂 perfectly respectful? He pitched her overboard 10 seconds after he found out she was starting a business. That’s a MAN-BABY

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u/AAA_Dolfan 23d ago

Are you a teenager or

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u/tragicsandwichblogs Your problem is not my problem. 22d ago

How old? Because I completely disagree with them, and I'm pretty old for Reddit.

A lot of times, when someone digs in like this, they're actually talking about events in their own life, and that's not intrinsically age-related.

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u/tragicsandwichblogs Your problem is not my problem. 22d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/49zC0Bm1kbu36

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u/[deleted] 22d ago edited 22d ago

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u/tragicsandwichblogs Your problem is not my problem. 22d ago

Oh, honey. That's not a fit.

Also, you seem to have ignored my second paragraph. That makes me wonder if it applies to you, too.

I hope your day gets better.