My GF said I am not affectionate enough, so now I treat her like my dog. My GF loves it.

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[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 6 fun10 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, that’s funny as fuck.

[–]JasonCarswell 8 insightful - 6 fun8 insightful - 5 fun9 insightful - 6 fun -  (7 children)

Clever autist?

[–]jet199 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

No, it's just that the tl;dr is true.

They guy can show affection but the feelings aren't there.

I'm sure a lot of us have been in relationships hoping they turn into something special but if it's still like that after a couple of months it's probably never going to happen.

[–][deleted] 10 insightful - 4 fun10 insightful - 3 fun11 insightful - 4 fun -  (4 children)

but the feelings aren't there.

I love my wife and I love talking to her. I make an effort when we talk to be cheerful and sound happy to see her because I am, but it does sometimes take effort to make sure that feeling is communicated.

She does get mad I use some of the same pet names for her, my niece, and animals. And really hates if I say she's a good girl.

I personally think this is good advice, sometimes we need to put a little effort into expressing our feelings.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

You'll make a great wife one day.

But seriously, you put in the work. You have to if you expect your significant other to do the same.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Wife and I are coming up on 23 years together in a couple months.

[–]Zapped 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's awesome, man. Are you going to buy her a silver plate? What do you do for anniversaries? We haven't done anything more than a fancy dinner in years.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We'll probably just get each other a small gift, maybe see a movie if anything good is in. I think we totally forgot last year. We don't make a big deal over it.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

but the feelings aren't there.

That's not what he said.

[–]IkeConn 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Best Chad story I have ever read. 2 thumbs up.

[–]Greykittymomma 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This amuses me more than it should!

[–]yabbit 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

white women fook dogs

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

OMG where was this post 20 years ago? The code has been cracked!

[–]raven9 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The knowledge every psychopath is born with - how to fake affection.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

He wasn't born with it. He decided to implement it as an adult.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If he wasn't born with it then why could he give that affection to his dog?

Clearly he has the capability.

[–]Dashing-Dove 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Next step, a collar and leash. She might still be into it.

More seriously, I see nothing wrong with this. He's tapping into emotions that may have been repressed through a life's worth of conditioning, which is true for a lot of men I know, especially the introverted sort. Pets don't judge, people do.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Some people don't wear their emotions on their sleeve. Others do, and require a constant flow of MUH FEELS to feel good about themselves. Weird, I know.

When the second group discovers that not all people are like them, they think the first group are horrid monsters. Nah, just some people don't feel the need for constant validation.

[–]Dashing-Dove 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

His girlfriend probably wouldn't have chosen a horrid monster for a partner. Seems to me as if she simply had unmet needs, expressed it honestly, and he found a creative solution that satisfies them both. As he put it, their passion was renewed. Why categorize them into two opposed groups and imply one is inferior?

[–]Chipit[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Because that's how it is. People who feel emotions intensely think that anyone who doesn't feel emotions as strongly as they do must be some kind of defective human. They get really nasty and accuse others of being unfeeling robots. It's offensive that everyone doesn't have the same views on feelings.

[–]Dashing-Dove 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

That sort of assessment is too absolutist to me. I agree that there are many people incapable of understanding those unlike themselves, but I've also known hearts-on-sleeves with endless empathy, even for seemingly unfeeling robots, and they learn to appreciate subtler demonstrations of affection. Sometimes they're even a complementary pair, balancing each other. For example, one taking the lead in social situations and the other serving as an anchor of reason. The couple I'm picturing has problems too, but they aren't insurmountable, and their marriage has endured for about 20 years.

[–]Chipit[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's the personality trait of Openness. People with high Openness look on the rest of us who aren't high Openness as less than human. Look up Big 5 personality traits.

[–]Dashing-Dove 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Wouldn't the relevant Big 5 traits be extraversion and agreeableness? Besides that, I'm high in openness and see it as a potentially catastrophic mindset. It's also lessened with age, and even back during my university days, I didn't see low openness individuals as subhuman. There are smooth brain characteristics more deserving of that status.

[–]Chipit[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most high Openness people do. If we can't feel like they do, there's something terribly wrong with us.

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wait until she figures it out tho. =:-O