r/relationships

[enginesock]

R/RELATIONSHIPS

Post a top level with a description of your character's relationship, past or present or general trend, romantic/sexual or not, and don't use names. Other characters chime in with advice... or condemnation. Don't post blank top levels.

Have fun, or at least try to hide the tears.

Comments

We keep trying to kill each other. Is this love?

[ikonsuit]

What it says on the tin.

Lots of murder attempts.
No successes.

A few scrapes and bruises, though.
She breaks my arm. I dislocate her shoulder. We kiss in the morning.
You know. The usual.

Still. This is not what I thought married life would be like.

Am I doing this right?

[guessmonsta]

. . .

Dude... She breaks your arm? What kinda superwoman— Did you two also try killing each other befooreeee the marriage?
I will say ... Itdoesntsoundrightnope—

[theravager]

Jesus, you sound like my parents.

[ikonsuit]

Soldiers, not superheros.

( But those can be similar, depending. )

Maybe once or twice before. Accidents happen. Sometimes on purpose.

( Besides, it's not like he really wants her dead. )

You sure a knife fight at the dinner table isn't it, chief?

[ikonsuit]

With that attitude, you sound like my kid.

Offer advice or get off the board.

( KeyboardWarrior!Slade )

[theravager]

Sounds like you have a smart kid.

Ok, you sound like you are unhealthy AF in your relationship.

Leave.

[ikonsuit]

She likes to think she is.

Doesn't listen worth a damn.

( But that's a different relationship topic. )

...AF?

[guessmonsta]

( Satori wants to point out that the man sounds like he’s seeking a degree of approval— in other words— he cares for his wife. At least enough to throw their mutual violence into question. )

Where are the lines between knifeplay, knife fight, and attempted murder?

( rhetorical question— )

Sounds like the two of you fell in love with the battlefield if you ask me.

[theravager]

Yeah my dad says the same thing, he's wrong too.

AF is 'as fuck' Jesus are you like 70 or something?

[ikonsuit]

Why didn't you just type out 'as fuck'?

Congrats on the .32 seconds you saved.

You must be a kid. You sure this relationship advice isn't over your head?

[theravager]

I have better things to do with that .32 seconds.

Old enough to know what unhealthy looks like. You.

[ikonsuit]

Satisfaction level.

( He's certainly not wrong with that analysis. He and Adeline met as soldiers. At some point, Slade caught a case of what could only be equated to restless leg syndrome and left his family to start another tour of duty. )

It's possible.

( It's as close as he gets to you're right. )

So you're saying she should get out there with me? Fuck domestic life. Return to killing war lords and fucking over diplomats. I could go for that.

[ikonsuit]

( Unhealthy? He doesn't know the meaning of the word. That's why he's here. )

Plenty healthy.
She cleans, I cook, we both live to see another day.

[theravager]

There's more to life than that and if you're worried about living to see another day then you have more than relationship troubles.

That life ain't worth it.

[ It almost sounds like someone who might be speaking from experience. ]

[ikonsuit]

You're expecting more?

Life doesn't hand you anything you don't take. Not even tomorrow is guaranteed.

( Don't make him break out the war stories. )

[guessmonsta]

( In other words, I’m right. That “possible” feels like an edited version of what the man thinks. Satori has never met him, but he’s already inclined to understand his evasive language— that’s what it is, this guy seems evasive. That’s just a hunch. He hangs his head sideways. )

Aah~ Hah.
I see, I see. You miss it. Do you wish to go back? To that life I mean, the conditions that made you grow closer in the first place.

[theravager]

ok Boomer.

Life doesn't have to be that way.

[ She can fire right back with stories of her own, less literal in the war department, mostly. ]

[ikonsuit]

( He's not a boomer yet, but that attitude has him pretty close. )

You're hopeful. You'll grow out of it.

[theravager]

I had to find it after the shit my dad put me through.

If I can do it, you can.

She probably deserves better.

[ikonsuit]

Hope is naive.

( Probably, definitely. Their downfall is inevitable. )

Your dad probably meant well.

( Slade would like to think that his dad did. )

[theravager]

Suit yourself.

My dad is an asshole, and I fell for everything he said. And I fucked up my own life for him. I learned better, he never will.

Don't put your lady or your kid through that. It sucks.

[ikonsuit]

You chose to believe your old man's words and you want to blame him for it?

Maybe try thanking the guy for teaching you things other kids would die to know. Giving you opportunities. Everything was a lesson and you're better off for it.

If you can't see that, you've got no one to blame but yourself.

[whippings]

I would suggest a restraining order.

Should we consider this a confession?

My father [65M] tried to frame my [17F] adopted brother [24M] for murder. Should I forgive him?

[whippings]

Please note, I am not asking about the legality of my father's actions. He is a murderer, plain and simple. I am simply questioning if ethically, I would be quite within my rights to never speak to him again.

My younger brother and I are not close. His biological father was one of the people my father murdered.

It's complicated.

franny <3

[carryon_crow]

Wow, this is better than a stage play! Forgiveness is pretty tricky to figure out, huh? I usually leave that kinda topic to priests, but sounds to me like you've already decided not to forgive him.