We do have a mutual promise that we don’t restrict what the other watch, especially over porn. But at this rate and under this political climate it worries me when all he watches is J. Peterson and Asm*ngold.
Recently, he’s planning to ditch his 9-5 to get into streaming. I understand following your dreams instead of working hard to make some capitalists rich but streaming has become oversaturated as hell. With Twitch being a cesspool and Kick being the place where troublemakers have free reign, I worry he will get involved with the wrong crowd.
To top it off, he keeps talking about women having to do the same work as men do in the name of equality, to which I agree. But when I question how he is going to do his fair share of responsibilities if he gets nothing from streaming, he suggests me being the breadwinner until he makes it big. This is the same man who said men paying for women’s education is a dumb move because she would end up leaving him in the end.
I feel like he is just using me for sex and a future financial support. Is there anything I can even do to tell him what he’s been doing is really concerning to me?
Like others said, lots of red flags.
Also no reason to quit the 9-5 to get into streaming. You do that shit after work until you actually have a following.
Oh honey get the fuck out now, that’s not a man, that’s a time bomb.
He doesn’t see you as a sapient person, he sees you as a fickle object he must appease just enough so he can get what he wants from you. Because of that, there isn’t anything you can say that will help him today.
The break up won’t be pretty, but you’ll be so much happier with someone else in the long term.
The content he’s consuming is worrying, but that subjective so I’ll set that aside for now.
Recently, he’s planning to ditch his 9-5 to get into streaming.
If you are a couple in a committed long term relationship, these kind of decisions need to be decided and agreed on together, not unilaterally.
But when I question how he is going to do his fair share of responsibilities if he gets nothing from streaming, he suggests me being the breadwinner until he makes it big.
Again, you would have to consent to this. He can’t just decide for you. Any change in career/income path like this even for a reasonable new direction should have a solid plan. That plan should be enumerated with clear milestone targets and dates and not “until he makes it big”.
This is the same man who said men paying for women’s education is a dumb move because she would end up leaving him in the end.
All of us choose our mates based upon our own personal criteria. Personally were I a woman, this misogynistic statement right here would have been enough to disqualify him from being anyone I would want to be in a relationship with.
He doesn’t sound like a partner, sounds like a child who wants no responsibilities.
He’s clearly fallen down the alt-right pipeline, its not your responsibility to pull him out.
Save yourself and find someone who wants to be a real partner.
Run the fuck away. Girl, he’s already hurting you and he’s gonna hurt you far worse if you don’t leave now. Run as far away as you can.
Red flags galore. Make sure you have an escape plan
Yeah, that’s a living problem ngl. As everyone has said, prepare for his failure and behavior getting worse. He’s… not doing so great considering the manosphere shit.
I use to follow Destiny (game) streamers and content creators. Every single one of them kept their day job until they were making enough money from streaming and Youtube to allow them to quit.
A pessimistic scenario:
The stereotype suggests he’ll mooch off you until he makes it big, which will never happen.
Desperate for fame, he’ll spiral downwards parroting soundbites from J Peterson and the like, perhaps amassing a small following in the process, which will feed his ego and have him start believing he’s on the right track.
He’ll start treating you worse, complain you’re not home often enough to cater to his needs and start putting your achievements down.
If things don’t go his way, then the system, the woke or whatever’s popular to hate on now will be to blame and he’ll become a true believer of whatever shit he’s spouting.
Streaming or online life changes your perception of reality. It places you in a box interacting with other boxes, which in a way is comfortable and safe. The outside world on the other hand becomes increasingly distant and dangerous.
The separation makes it easy to fall into divergent strings of thought because there’s no pushback to counter them. J Peterson speeches and the like are a one-way stream of persuasion. They hold the goal of enticing. And without something to interact in a way which says “that’s bullshit and here’s why”, they eventually start making sense - as there’s nothing else to say otherwise.
Online life is an illusion that has to be grounded in reality. And if your partner chooses it over you, then I’d recommend you consider choosing yourself as a fallback.
Is he crazy attractive? Is he incredibly entertaining? If he isn’t both of those things he will have trouble making it big streaming.
GTFO
I’m not going to tell you what to do. I will point out that a partnership is just that, partnering on each aspect of the intersection of your lives. It means each partner contributes their share to the domestic responsibilities. When that mutual contribution ceases, the relationship ceases to be a partnership.
As always, protect your financials. Maintain your own bank account and avoid free loaders on loan/credit paperwork. Maintain your own passwords.
If someone wants to throw their personality at social media and see if it produces incomes, sure, why not? So long as they remain functional adults and don’t quit their day jobs until after success is proven. I think hobby sharing is where this will be the most practical. Slap a camera on your head as you do what you already do, like drawing.
Asmon is an odd one. JP reels them in by mixing some sensical advice in with his derangement. But what the entire manosphere does is beat at men’s psyche constantly telling them to “be a man” by working only for themselves.
Run. Run fast. Even leaving the blatant misogyny aside.
You don’t have a “man.” You have a manbaby. He wants mommy to support him while he chases an unrealistic fantasy in a ridiculous way. You’ll also be expected to clean, cook, and fuck while you work full time and he makes zero contributions.
Let him try streaming in the evenings. If he makes 1/2 a McDonalds fry cook’s salary within the first year /then/ let him quit his real job.
Something I don’t see others commenting on is the agreement not to question each other’s viewing choices.
To me, the fact that this had to be discussed, and there is an insistence there are zero restrictions/conversations allowed, tells me they always planned to watch unsavoury things they knew you wouldn’t agree with, and wanted to have grounds to shut down future conversation about it.
You’re absolutely right. I got so distracted by the violently waving red flags I missed the one that was just steadily blowing lol.