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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Dee 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It can work both ways, doesn’t have to be “wife bad”

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

To me it looks like that wife has a very emotional husband and she's like make it stop please...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Yeah she looks pretty done with his shit lol

[–] Dee -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never said it had to be that way, but that's typically how these boomer memes go.

[–] MasterBlaster 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remember - with age comes experience. I'm not a boomer, but don't discount them just because they're older.

It used to be the elders were the ones who helped us navigate the pitfalls they didn't Escape.

[–] Dee 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You're assuming a lot. I don't have a problem with age itself or old people, nor do I discount their experiences. What I have a problem with is them bringing antiquated ideals like "wife bad" with them. We can take useful knowledge from the past forward but leave the toxic garbage behind.

[–] mycoxadril 3 points 2 years ago

I agree with you 100% but in the interest of trying to contribute to lemmy more, I’ll make this comment: I didn’t even get a “wife bad” vibe from this meme, personally, until I saw your comment. So it’s almost a self-fulfilling prophecy scenario here, for me.

[–] MasterBlaster 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I get that. There are bad apples in both genders. The problem is that the court system appears to assume things that puts men at a significant disadvantage in outcomes when marriages don't work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Fair point.

[–] MasterBlaster 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This looks like a picture from around 1930, right after the stock crash. The man just lost all his money. The woman, she's in shock.

He's probably despairing from the abject failure of his ability to support his family.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then the message is right, if he was single he wouldn't have to worry about supporting a family.

[–] MasterBlaster 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, he'd be in the same state, as he can't support himself anymore, and possibly worse because he does not have someone to help him and/or give comfort.

She'd be in the same state because she would be married to someone else who had similar problems, or worse if she were a spinster. Back then, women didn't have a lot of options to support themselves.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Haha classic vibe

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yes, because the problems only singles have are solved by being in a relationship....So the only problems left are the ones that come from the relationship. Deep, innit?

[–] MasterBlaster 4 points 2 years ago

If only it were that simple. There's a Venn diagram in this situation.

[–] sagrotan 7 points 2 years ago

My wife snores like a Sicilian mason, but only when I lay beside her, strangely. So, I'm wandering between the sofa and the bed in the night. But that's nothing compared to the condition I'd be in without her. Probably dead. (I'm not exaggerating)

[–] moosetwin 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

thanks again lemmygradlook at who posted it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Jo wtf, I looked at its profile and this dude is straight up moderator of an Anti-Nato community. The only thing I saw there is some over-dramatic video that shows how Germany is Nazi again and steals everything valuable from you and this because of Nato and Zelenski. Wtf.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yes, being in a relationship, especially when you live with your partner presents new challenges you wouldn't have on your own, but learning how to overcome those challenges is how you become a better person.

Learning how to compromise, when to compromise and when not to compromise (and when to back down because there is no compromise) is a brilliant skill to have

[–] mycoxadril 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well this hits a little too close to home at this particular moment.

[–] pozbo 5 points 2 years ago

I am 14, but this is deep

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Ain't that the damned truth!

[–] HnuWETqkp4YG 2 points 2 years ago

I got 99 problems but a.....

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago