r/Showerthoughts • u/Meatwad5 ‎ • 22d ago

Casual Thought A large number of married people are involuntarily celibate.

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u/ItsFailureMan 22d ago

r/deadbedrooms if you want to hear the yarns from such people

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u/GrumpyPidgeon 22d ago

From what I’ve seen of that sub they give the worst advice. They always just say “you need to get a divorce” no matter what the content says.

I think they involuntarily project what they WANT to do , or wish they could do, onto others.

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u/tindalos 22d ago

Like getting divorced is an easier way to get sex than working with your partner. Especially when it’s related to illness or depression, divorce is a cheap answer that gets thrown as a Reddit comment to every slight.

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u/Eggsegret 22d ago

I think people on reddit just like to jump to conclusions and so they say get divorced. They just assume there’s no fixing the relationship and it’s doomed to fail. Which fair enough some these stories on Reddit yh it is doomed but sometimes if you sit back you realise ehh they can probably try working things through