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OliviaWildThing
01/12/22 4:36:14 PM
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i always thought it was just a movie/tv thing

why would you do that? sounds like an awful awkward time with no upside and tons of downside

i'd only introduce a person to my parents if we were going to get married. my parents expect the same
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MedeaLysistrata
01/12/22 4:37:32 PM
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When you live with your parents you have no choice

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OliviaWildThing
01/12/22 4:38:21 PM
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MedeaLysistrata posted...
When you live with your parents you have no choice

why would you have no choice?
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Lairen
01/12/22 4:39:37 PM
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Some people have good relationships with their parents and are proud of their partners.


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eston
01/12/22 4:40:05 PM
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When you're in a serious relationship, that person generally becomes a huge part of your everyday life and in that case it just makes sense that you would want your parents to meet them and vice versa.

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OliviaWildThing
01/12/22 4:40:42 PM
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eston posted...
When you're in a serious relationship, that person generally becomes a huge part of your everyday life and in that case it just makes sense that you would want your parents to meet them and vice versa.

i dont see the correlation between the first and second parts of those sentence....?
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Letron_James
01/12/22 4:40:46 PM
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Yes but only if you have the intention of being with this person for the foreseeable future. Aka an actual committed relationship

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
01/12/22 4:41:10 PM
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Lairen posted...
Some people have good relationships with their parents and are proud of their partners.

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ThyCorndog
01/12/22 4:42:21 PM
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OliviaWildThing posted...
i dont see the correlation between the first and second parts of those sentence....?
I feel like you're implying that parents normally aren't a big part of a person's life, which would be incorrect. most people have a healthy relationship with their parents. some people don't and that's ok, but it's not the norm. so yes the two thoughts are connected

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TheOnionKnight
01/12/22 4:43:20 PM
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I live hundreds of miles from my parents and sleep around a lot. They know nothing about my partners.

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OliviaWildThing
01/12/22 4:43:33 PM
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ThyCorndog posted...
I feel like you're implying that parents normally aren't a big part of a person's life, which would be incorrect. most people have a healthy relationship with their parents. some people don't and that's ok, but it's not the norm. so yes the two thoughts are connected

what is your defintion of "most people" and "healthy", because i just don't see it
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OliviaWildThing
01/12/22 4:44:14 PM
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wait, is this a race/culture thing...?
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eston
01/12/22 4:44:23 PM
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OliviaWildThing posted...
i dont see the correlation between the first and second parts of those sentence....?
I'm not sure how to help you with that

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Gamerguymass
01/12/22 4:45:45 PM
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TC never been in a long term relationship confirmed.

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Lairen
01/12/22 4:46:25 PM
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Some parents are proud of their children as well.

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ThyCorndog
01/12/22 4:46:35 PM
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OliviaWildThing posted...
what is your defintion of "most people" and "healthy", because i just don't see it
the majority of people have their parents involved in their life to some extent. the number of people who have completely ghosted their parents are a small fraction

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