• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 hours ago

    Guilty as charged during much of my love life.

    But then, I’m also a trained peer counselor, and have listened to people’s woes just to let them process as a fellow member of the mental health community, so I don’t do this only for women I fancy.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
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    12 hours ago

    As a dude I’m pretty okay with this. My brain still pumps out the happy chemicals when women talk to me. If they can benefit as well then it’s a win-win. It doesn’t really matter if they are going to fuck me or not. Although that would certainly be nice too.

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    12 hours ago

    I’ll be honest, I’ll listen to anything because I’m nosy as fuck

    Call me “the boss’ ass” cause of how nosy I be

    I’m like a fuckin’ truffle.

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    12 hours ago

    Supposedly, this is a lot of the job of prostitutes now.

    Although strangely, the specific example I’m reminded of is Manny in Grim Fandango luring the security guard to a back room, only for her to want to give him her life story.

    • SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 hours ago

      Can confirm, but it’s worth noting that lots of non-prostitute women do this for the men in their life, too.

      Read up on emotional labour ;-)

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    21 hours ago

    If simply listening provided real therapy, I have a couple of friends who would be the pinnacle of mental health.

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    49 minutes ago

    As long as you would give them the same courtesy and don’t completely dominate the conversation then that’s pretty normal in 2026 I think.