• latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    She 👏 Is 👏 Cuddling 👏 With 👏 You 👏 She 👏 Wants 👏 Emotional 👏 Stability 👏 First 👏!!!

    Dunno if I used this meme correctly, but I did feel the need for it… I miss cuddling so damned much…

    • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemmy.zip
      2·
      2 months ago

      Given it’s a dream, there could be some interpretation that the OOP is craving emotional stability.

      His own subconscious doesn’t even want to have mindless pleasure anymore, but comfort. He denies himself because he doesn’t truly want sex, but the stability of deep, emotional contact.

      • blarghly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Also given it’s a dream, the null hypothesis should be that it is completely meaningless, a random firing of neurons that occurs as the brain conducts routine maintenance.

      • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Agreed, I, too, have come to believe that dreams are basically the subconscious’ attempts at contextualising significant emotional conundrums or cognitive dissonances, and, if not an indicator of OP’s desire for intimacy, it seems to be at least a clear indicator that their subconscious is beginning to be aware of the problem.

        Such a pity that so many people who reach this emotional threshold with themselves swing, instead, to shills and bootlickers who just want to propagate any and all forms of unhealthy relationships…

    • koper@feddit.nl
      1·
      2 months ago

      Yep. If anything, this is an opportunity for the guy to show that he’s not just in it for the sex.

      When I date men, one of the main things I look for is how they handle rejection.

      • latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        While I’m not all that keen on the concept of testing partners (this coming from someone who can roughly be described as a cishet guy), I do agree that it is a good indicator of both maturity and intent.

        Edit: what I mean by my first statement is that I don’t think one needs to test their partner with anything. Just be true with yourself, say no when you feel like saying no, say yes when you feel like saying yes, and take what is given as it is given (i.e. no making excuses for them if no excuses are organically evident).

        • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
          1·
          2 months ago

          I don’t think they meant “testing” them like it’s some kind of game, hardly anyone does that and yeah it’s fucked up when they do.

          It’s just, how do they handle it when you say no, do they moan about it and act entitled or just understand you’re a human being who doesn’t feel like sex literally all the time. That’s a real good piece of evidence to how this person actually views you and their relationship to you.