「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Jan 4

People who identify as male/masculine, do you feel comfortable expressing your emotions/feelings to people irl? Do people who identify as female/feminine feel more comfortable espressing feelings?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/52806886

People who identify as male/masculine, do you feel comfortable expressing your emotions/feelings to people irl? Do people who identify as female/feminine feel more comfortable espressing feelings? - sh.itjust.works

As a guy, I never really felt comfortable saying those things to anyone irl.

Show threadikidd
The older I get, the more I realize that opening up makes things worse.
Jan 5 at 6:49amWeb
Show threadfalynnsJan 5
Same. Especially significant others (length of relationship doesn’t matter) it actively makes things worse. So I keep them to myself.
Show threadorgrinrtJan 5

I am so very sorry you have to live like this.

In general, reading a lot of these comments in this thread is just heartbreaking.

I really think this is a cultural thing in part. I live in a progressive social democracy in Europe, and I really don’t think many see it like most people here do. I asked a couple of the more traditionally masculine/male friends and they tell me the share everything too, that they need it in a relationship especially, since they do hold stuff in from others apparently. But the very closest ones, friends and spouses that is, they need to lighten the load. And I recognize that too. Shit’s too heavy to carry alone.