I feel grateful to be living in a place and time in human history where diversity of sexual, gender, relationship status and style inclinations are supported and allowed to be as they are.
Both of my parents never wanted to get married or have kids, they were forced by societal pressure - and they were terribly unhappy people, terribly bad parents. Everyone suffers when we feel we must suppress our own nature to such an extent that it affects the experience of decades, if not the rest of our life.
For my part I just wish for something like "sex" and "romance" to be detached from "long term living companion", or that more people could see how that is possible. Probably, I'll have better chances of finding a "partner" when I'm long into retirement age and no one around me cares about those things anymore.
I feel uncomfortable associating with dating-related labels because it just feels like they come with the baggage of romantic and sexual orientation / attraction things when if I would ever have a "partner" the most I could offer them is just a roommate who won't bail on them one day, and hugs.
Both of my parents never wanted to get married or have kids, they were forced by societal pressure - and they were terribly unhappy people, terribly bad parents. Everyone suffers when we feel we must suppress our own nature to such an extent that it affects the experience of decades, if not the rest of our life.
For my part I just wish for something like "sex" and "romance" to be detached from "long term living companion", or that more people could see how that is possible. Probably, I'll have better chances of finding a "partner" when I'm long into retirement age and no one around me cares about those things anymore.
I feel uncomfortable associating with dating-related labels because it just feels like they come with the baggage of romantic and sexual orientation / attraction things when if I would ever have a "partner" the most I could offer them is just a roommate who won't bail on them one day, and hugs.
