My wife married into my Warhammer collection. We have a Warhammer room. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t even like Warhammer but has her own painted figurines.

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    My son likes creamy, husband likes crunchy, so I stock both?

    Husband did give up sour cream, but If he wanted it so bad, hes get it himself or ask me. I dont like blue cheese, yet we always have it in the house.

    This is dumb.

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      Yeah, feels kinda like boomer energy. Gave up something unecessary to prove his love in a way that was never asked for, probably resents her for it or pulls that out as a talisman any time she brings up something she does care about because marriage isn’t about partnership; it’s a constant power struggle.

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        A lot of people don’t believe in a relationship that isn’t a power struggle. They don’t believe in relationships that are cooperative. Many people are seeking relationships where they dominate or are dominated.

        I date. I meet plenty of women who tell me on the first date that I must give up something to prove to them my worth or dedication to them. Because the point of the relationship to her is for men to suffer for her sake, and anything the man pursues for his own personal happiness is a her losing out on what should be given to her.

        This might include hobbies, friends, possessions, lifestyle choices, and pets.

        I also meet women occasionally who basically want me to tell them how to dress, what to think, what friends to have, etc. Which is kind of the flipside.

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      ya for condiments everyone literally can just have their own jar. You are not required to use everything someone else used.

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    This is very stupid.

    My spouse was diagnosed later in life with a severe gluten intolerance. She went from enjoying beer and soft pretzels to being told “never again if you don’t want to shit yourself in public”

    We have a simple rule. Bog standard gluten stuff is fine for me to have, sandwich bread, cereal, etc.

    They told me that it was just very upsetting if I was enjoying some delicious gluten treat that they could no longer have.

    I love my spouse, so I don’t eat delicious gluten treats in front of them because it would make them upset. Instead I figured out how to make lots of gluten free treats we can both enjoy together. Sometimes I miss the ease of getting a Popeyes chicken sandwich (I still can as long as I don’t eat it right in front of them) but I’ve learned to make gluten free fried chicken we can both enjoy.

    Maybe other people would think this is silly, but the person I love is worth it to me.

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    I hate people like this because they’re just miserable on purpose.

    My partner doesn’t like Marmite and I do. Solution, I buy Marmite and she doesn’t eat it.

    Just buy the peanut butter you like, as well.

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    When my wife wants to paint a room, she will go to several stores, and come home with dozens of white paint chips. Then she starts asking me which ones I like, and they all just look like white to me.

    So I tell her to pick out her three favorites, and I’ll look at those, choose my favorite, and then paint the room whatever color she tells me.

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    I’ve been married 17 years. I like wearing swimming trunks, and my wife likes wearing bikinis. I haven’t worn trunks in 17 years.

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      I’ve been married for 17 years. I don’t want to wash my hands after peeing, my wife wants me to wash my hands after peeing. I’ve washed my hands for 17 years.

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    It’s already been said, but yeah just get both? I’ve been married over 20 years, and I’m vegan while my wife is omnivore. Hasn’t been a big problem.

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    My fiancé has severe trauma around mint, it used to be my favorite flavor, and I had a bunch of products that had mint scents. When they moved in, they felt bad about asking me to get rid of my mint stuff. Its been my pleasure to avoid mint for their sanity. I do still get mint ice cream if they are on a vacation without me.

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      Someone I listen to loves peanut butter but his partner is allergic, so he doesn’t have peanut butter anymore. I know the stakes are higher, but it’s more valid to match the solution. This post feels almost like intentionally suffering to make yourself a Martyr when the solution is very simple.

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        Peanut allergies are often sensitive enough to be triggered by trace amounts of peanuts in the environment, so completely eliminating it to keep a partner safe makes sense. The OP is clearly depicting a toxic variety of hetero relationships where guys refuse to make an effort at compromise and just say “my wife always gets her way.”

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          Though I do wonder how many people out there worry about a deadly peanut allergy they grew out of but haven’t realized they can now enjoy one of the best foods in existence.

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        This. Lazy ass man, cant be arsed to go shopping. Thinks it’s a “woman’s job”. Complains when she doesnt serve his wishes.

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      “Let me tell you something. I have not controlled a SINGLE financial decision in this house since 1987 and I am PAYING for it. I put a ROOF over this woman’s head for 40 YEARS and somehow SHE controls the checkbook. Every week she does the shopping WITHOUT me, like I am not the one whose PENSION is funding the whole OPERATION. I fought for this country and I cannot get a peanut butter with some TEXTURE because apparently BARBARA knows best about EVERYTHING now.”

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      Exactly. It’s that tired old stereotype that you either have to have an adversarial relationship with your SO, or let them have their way all the time… Did you not both agree to a partnership!?

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        I think it’s from a time when people(both men and women, but mostly women) married for social and economic reasons. Those reasons kept people in relationships who had long since checked out.

        Now it resonates with fewer people because women can leave bad relationships more easily.

        That’s also why I assume the manisphere is a thing because there are a lot of sour people who are upset they are not owed a person just for existing.

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      Relationship dysfunction is just assumed to be an unalterable, unavoidable feature of reality for Boomers, so, much of their humor is literally them coping with their inability to be fully functional people.

      See also: Every single ‘Pobody’s Nerfect’ Minions boomer-meme.

      In I guess fairness to them: What do you expect from a generation raised by parents with undiagnosed PTSD?

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    What a stupid thing. Like you can’t have 2 different jars of peanut butter in your fucking cabinets? My spouse prefers Jif, and I prefer Peter Pan. We have a jar of each in the cabinet. Because we aren’t emotionally stunted goblins pretending to be adult humans. God this tweet makes me irrationally angry. “haha, marriage is the worst, amirite guys?” ugh.

    On the flip side, OP, I love the text you added in your post. That’s amazing.