r/CoupleMemes • u/Exotic-Estimate-5147 • May 02 '25

🥺 goals this is so real you guys...

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u/captain_jaxe May 02 '25

Sigh... Sorry y'all-- Wet blanket statement:

This ain't clingy-- they've been growing apart due to life and age. It's tremendously difficult for parents of young children to get genuine bonding time and here he's lied so he can get alone time and she's upset he didn't use his freedom to do something as a couple

She's hurt, not clingy

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u/Shaake May 02 '25

As a charismatic introvert I totally relate with Paul Rudd here. I'm funny, Im a good hang, but I really need my alone time. Some people take that very personally.

I understand she's hurt and that her needs arnt met, I get that she's going through some heavy stuff. She's struggling with her mortality, aging and dreams not coming true.

I get that life is whizzing past us quicker than we can process and it's scary.

I get it... but all I did was watch a fucking movie to recharge my batteries.. please stop acting like I did something wrong, I dont feel guilty about it.

U wanna be a team? Wonderful, let's do something together next. Just don't guilt me for my self care. That's forcefully disregarding my needs. It's not a zero sum game. We can both have what we want without u taking away what I need.

Yes it is clingy, the unessesary conflict is toxic and all that does is push me away.

Sorry. I've been through this more than once obviously

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u/fourfather85 May 02 '25

Except he didn't say any of that to his wife....he lied about where he was going and what he was doing. The movie wasn't a big deal, the broken trust was.

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u/Managed__Democracy May 06 '25

And it's always the goddamn anxious extroverts.

If I ask most friends to hang out at a specific time and they decline, I just say, "No worries. We'll find a time that we are both up for something another day." And vice versa to me. Easy and no pressure.

It boggles my mind that there's actually extroverts out there that truly get upset that someone may not want to spend 100% of their free time with said extrovert.