「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoPeople 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?message-squaremessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squarePeople 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?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremorphballganon@mtgzone.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 days agoWhen people tell men “you can tell me anything” what they mean is “I don’t want to feel like you’re keeping things from me.” It 100% does NOT mean “you will face no negative consequences for telling me.” Men keep some things to themselves because sharing feelings has resulted in getting burned too many times. These things aren’t necessarily bad. They might just shatter exciting illusions the other person prefered over the ordinary truth.
When people tell men “you can tell me anything” what they mean is “I don’t want to feel like you’re keeping things from me.”
It 100% does NOT mean “you will face no negative consequences for telling me.”
Men keep some things to themselves because sharing feelings has resulted in getting burned too many times.
These things aren’t necessarily bad. They might just shatter exciting illusions the other person prefered over the ordinary truth.