I am helping... Myself to that booty.

Pretty much

The allure of the booty is strong

I guess this is from Alabama then.

Text from Dad

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The voices silly

Isn’t regret a necessary part of the cycle?

We?

Except this meme says nothing about loving people through their worst times and they'll strengthen you in return. It says love every part of them. That's very different from fully accepting them. Even the wording is completely different because it's a different thought process.

You don't love the worst version of a person. You love the best version and understand they can get through a hard time back to the good. What you're describing is indeed a very healthy relationship which is what the rest of us are focused on.

This meme says you should love every part of them. That absolutely implies you should love their flaws as well. That's what we're calling out. Unconditional love doesn't mean you love the flaw, it means you love them through it, you see their strengths, you see their best, and you love them in spite of the flaws.

There's this weird mindset that corners of the Internet push that you will find this perfect person who's even flaws you enjoy because they complete you so perfectly. This image just screams that it comes from that corner of the Internet to me which is why I called it out and pushed back. Especially since I recognized the name of the poster, the same person who just a week or so ago was posting about how they view getting married as a cure for loneliness, which is super extra toxic to think someone else can make you happy like that.

It's also weird to think we haven't experienced unconditional love. I spent most of yesterday curled up in a blanket playing video games being pampered by my wife of 7 years because I'd had a rough go of things lately and she knew I needed a break. I was in the middle of that being loved in spite of not being my best self because she knows how amazing and wonderful I can be. I absolutely guarantee she didn't love the angry snippy version of me she had last week that led her to doting on me.

Unconditional love doesn't mean putting up with toxic behavior. It means being a safe space for someone to work through problems and be their authentic self. I'm sorry all you think of is negativity when you think of this. When you experience being fully accepted, it is an incredible feeling and makes you want to give that feeling back. Loving is cyclical, sometimes you are giving and sometimes you are receiving, and the more you give the more you can take in. And all of this moves you into a healthier direction, particularly if you are also both working on and willing to address your faults. It's not always a comfortable process, and you need to protect your energy and respect and love yourself. But I truly hope you get to experience it someday because it is a wonderful thing.

My pleasure. Have a beautiful day, mate! 🫂

thanks I needed to hear that

People like that can come into your life more than once, don't worry. ☺️

*whom

Yeah this post is bullshit. We fall in love with one version of a person, but a person changes throughout their life, and toxic behavior can start and stop as you grow together. Forgiving is not the same as accepting, and accepting is not the same as enjoying.

This is kind of toxic and wrong and is the kind of thinking that leads to Hollywood style short intense relationships that don't last because people keep looking for mr/mrs perfect who they can find no wrong with.

You should absolutely not love a person's flaws or love their sad or angry versions. You should accept them. There's a big difference. You should recognize their strengths and weaknesses and love the person for who they are sure but there's a clear distinction where on one side you're partners, whole complete people who are both bad and good, on the other you're some impossible ideal that when reality sets in will crumble and the relationship will die.

Obviously he meant a plutarchic friend

A robot is most likely to have a plutonic wife

Especially one ran on a nuclear power source

The struggle is real. 😅

One of my conservative friends once commented about me and my husband, "You two don't act like a couple, you're just best friends who sleep together."

I really wondered what his marriage was like.

I guess that's what a bot would say to trick us!

Heck! At least you know I’m not a bot.

plutonic

Sounds dangerous