Are you nicer to your partner than you are to friends/acquaintances, or are the advantages to being in a relationship (ex to be taken care of) a myth? (Page 2)

Bethany22 · 2022-12-15T01:12:05Z

The other day someone basically implied that a good reason to be in a relationship with someone is that they will respond to your needs more quickly than if they weren't in a relationship with you (i. e., just friends). Do you believe that as well, or is having that mentality doom everyone to failure? It basically makes one not appreciate just having friends, or not expecting much from your friends, yet at the same time making you feel guilty for not bending over backwards for your friends in hopes that they will realize that you're worth being extra nice to in the form of being a couple. Context: someone said to me that now that my ex boyfriend and I aren't a couple anymore, he's probably not going to respond to texts as quickly as he used to. But we left the relationship amicably, so why can't we just assume that his not responding quickly could be due to some health issues, or other events that came up in his life that have nothing to do with me, and that by not assuming his slow response to texts has anything to do with me, I could ironically have more mental space/energy to be an even better friend to him by making more of an effort to see if he's okay (as opposed to just assuming he's ignoring me and just ignore him in return). Honestly, it felt like she was accusing ME for his recent late texting.

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