It seems that platonic relationships are much more simple. Who else can relate ?

It seems to me that frienships are much more simple then romantic relationships and marriages. In a marriage or relationship, you have to meet your partners standards and fulfil their expectations and sometimes it can be tiring. Marriage in general is hard but it's even harder for a man. Before you even get married, you must be fairly wealthy and have a good paying job. Which is reasonable enough but the other things that makes it hard is that you have to look your best, be strong and have the best physical appearance. It's like a competition almost. You have to perform really well in bed, work out and exercise a lot because you don't wanna get fat or otherwise your partner may still be friends (which is a bad thing because romantic partners are not met to be friends) but she may lose attraction and stark seeking attention outside of the relationship. Exercising is great and all but when I know that I kinda have to do it for the sake of my wife, it makes me hate sometimes. But I always remind myself that I'm not doing it for her but mostly for my self because I love my self and I try to not give a shit about what my wife thinks of me. But platonic relationships are much more simple because to get friends, all you need is mutual respect and understanding and the rest comes naturally. The laughing, the joking and opening up to friends requires no effort at all because friends typically don't pressure you to open up about personal things. They are more likely to respect your space and privacy while in marriage, you kinda have to do that.

Basically friendship is much more simple because it's platonic. Since there is no physical and sexual attraction, you don't have to be perfect for them and things are more light hearted. I feel much more relaxed when I'm with my bros. But marriage comes with lots of extra curricular shit. Who else can relate ?

Submitted May 13, 2019 at 06:40AM

It seems to me that frienships are much more simple then romantic relationships and marriages. In a marriage or relationship, you have to meet your partners standards and fulfil their expectations and sometimes it can be tiring. Marriage in general is hard but it's even harder for a man. Before you even get married, you must be fairly wealthy and have a good paying job. Which is reasonable enough but the other things that makes it hard is that you have to look your best, be strong and have the best physical appearance. It's like a competition almost. You have to perform really well in bed, work out and exercise a lot because you don't wanna get fat or otherwise your partner may still be friends (which is a bad thing because romantic partners are not met to be friends) but she may lose attraction and stark seeking attention outside of the relationship. Exercising is great and all but when I know that I kinda have to do it for the sake of my wife, it makes me hate sometimes. But I always remind myself that I'm not doing it for her but mostly for my self because I love my self and I try to not give a shit about what my wife thinks of me. But platonic relationships are much more simple because to get friends, all you need is mutual respect and understanding and the rest comes naturally. The laughing, the joking and opening up to friends requires no effort at all because friends typically don't pressure you to open up about personal things. They are more likely to respect your space and privacy while in marriage, you kinda have to do that.Basically friendship is much more simple because it's platonic. Since there is no physical and sexual attraction, you don't have to be perfect for them and things are more light hearted. I feel much more relaxed when I'm with my bros. But marriage comes with lots of extra curricular shit. Who else can relate ?