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The original was posted on /r/relationships by /u/No-Kaleidoscope996 on 2024-01-22 21:20:08+00:00.
Fiancé and I have been together for 4 years, and have lived together for 2. I personally feel like we both know just about how much “pressure” each other is under, but who knows.
My fiancé frequently tells me that there’s more societal pressure on men than women, and that he wishes he could just be a woman.
For the most part, I understand. But it gets quite tiring to hear that it’s harder being a man and every now and then I’ll say that everyone is under pressure, and he just responds with “it’s different, it’s not a competition.”
How tf do you even respond to that though? Its frustrating because its like he’s ignoring the massive amounts of pressure that society puts on women (and he on me honestly) but everytime I bring it up he just responds with “I disagree” and changes topics 🙄
How would you reply? Or even just start a conversation about it because I don’t like to insert my grievances when he’s just ranting, you know?
TLDR- Fiancé (22M) tells me (21F) that there’s more pressure on women but also says that it’s not a competition. How do you respond?