MyDepressionList

Okay, let's say there's a wonderful young woman who perfectly matches your type, both in appearance and personality, as well as in her habits and lifestyle. She genuinely loves you, but she has a child from a previous relationship, a child she got due to her own foolishness and naiveté. What would you do? Would you say, "Sorry, guys, they'll laugh at me and call me a cuck"? The cop is right that this is a tricky situation and should be approached with caution, but it's not a deal-breaker. Marriage, in its idealized form, is wonderful – it's about mutual support, a warm and cozy home, emotional support. But most of real life is about routine squabbles and finding ways to coexist in a concrete box, working around personal flaws and lifestyle preferences. Of course, there are also those not-so-rare cases where one partner is either henpecked or dominated, but that's a matter of personal preference. You say not to fall for the trap, but I think it's better not to fall for marriage in general, especially if you live in a post-Soviet country where life is in concrete apartment blocks and almost everyone has some kind of mental health issue, to varying degrees. In our time, there are billions of ways to satisfy your intellectual and sexual needs without sacrificing all other aspects of life.