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corruptionoflol November 6 2024, 21:17:40 UTC
my whole fyp on tiktok is 4b and .. yeah. if the relationship im in ends at some point i really think i will be going down that road. (although admittedly will be much easier for me as a 35+ woman versus when when i was in my 20s and boy crazy)

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heroicattempt November 6 2024, 21:41:26 UTC
TIL what 4b is. I feel really good about not having children and luckily my partner feels the same. Two friends of mine said they wanted to have kids within the next four years and now that's not happening. It's too dangerous where they live.

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corruptionoflol November 6 2024, 22:19:41 UTC
same re: not having kids. i really hope i don't have to deal any unwanted pregnancy but knowing that i most likely wont be in the position to have to navigate a complicated wanted pregnancy is a small relief

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trekkiepetrelli November 7 2024, 12:33:50 UTC
it's quite literally insane how many people are basically putting their entire lives on hold because of this pos in power. and it's not even like most people can / should move states to live somewhere safe. those states will just entirely be run by red.

I'm in the UK and though things were fucking awful under Tory reign, religion has never (and I don't think it ever will) had the power over politics and law.

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calliope1975 November 6 2024, 21:55:37 UTC
My coworker and I were talking about 4b and creating communities of women for support. We'd allow male allies after being vetted by a committee.

Our committee was a pic of plush sharks in a circle, but they'd make as good of, if not better, decisions than the general American public.

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elevatorshaker November 7 2024, 17:28:00 UTC

We'd allow male allies after being vetted by a committee.

Don't. Or at least don't let them live there and make them have to have a woman escorting them at all times.

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anolinde November 6 2024, 22:55:12 UTC
Same, I'm basically already there (and was before I'd even heard of the movement). Ever since Roe v. Wade, men have zero appeal to me.

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helyanwe89 November 6 2024, 23:30:58 UTC

I don't think I was ever boy crazy tbh. Dating was never at the top of my list. I had a few crushes when I was younger and a couple boyfriends - like dating when I was in high school and it was super easy because I would just get asked out in real life and whatnot.

However, I am starting to wonder if my standards are just too high. I see stuff about women being fearful of voting against their partner's wishes and nonsense and I would never put up with that. I also don't want to be in a relationship with someone who doesn't care about or respect me. So many women put up with controlling & abusive relationships and I know I just wouldn't be able to do that.

I've tried online dating as an adult and it just hasn't worked out for me thus far tbh. Either men aren't interested in me or the men who do seem to be into me are not people I'm interested in pursing a relationship with. I just don't meet men now in real life who are interested in me because I don't have much of a social circle I guess.

I want a relationship because I am lonely, but ( ... )

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buries November 7 2024, 02:31:26 UTC
Same hat, Pikachu. I could've written this, although I haven't dated due to rl things/depression/anxiety in my 20s. Dating apps are tiring and half the time I'm just like "Him?".

I think a lot of people settle, and unfortunately they settle for people who they feel they have to hide from. I stonewalled this guy I've been talking to because he told me he thinks Trump is entertaining, and I straight up poured a cold bucket of water on him by telling him I don't find anything funny about that man, regardless of whether he's acting like an idiot. He doesn't seem to get the implications of what he's said. (We're not American. American politics still impacts us. He disagrees.)

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steffi_333 November 7 2024, 07:26:43 UTC
Literally none of what you said means your standard are too high. That should all be the bare minimum!

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elevatorshaker November 7 2024, 17:30:38 UTC

Don't sit here and wonder if your standards of respect and autonomy are too high, Jesus. I know what you mean and I agree with you, but written that way normalizes other women's low ass standards.

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umilicious November 7 2024, 20:03:59 UTC

It's not wrong to have standards. You shouldn't have to subsume yourself for companionship.

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kerosene_pill November 7 2024, 00:32:28 UTC
I mean I've basically done that my whole life so at least in that regard nothing changes for me lol check me out being ahead of the trend!

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spellmanian November 7 2024, 03:22:15 UTC

I saw some girlies on TikTok saying on top of 4b they're going to start only buying products from women-owned companies whenever possible

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umilicious November 7 2024, 20:02:24 UTC

I would 100% support my daughter if she went that route. I've obviously given birth, but if something happens to my partner, I'm done with men. I'll become an old cat lady instead.

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