Sometimes I have experiences, like reading this thread, that remind me how isolated and bizarre my life and the frames of reference its provided me are in some domains of life. I've been with my wife since we were teenagers, almost 30 years now. I've never experienced romantic or sexual jealously regarding her, ever. I have experienced tiny amounts of short term, quickly resolved, sexual envy of things she's gotten to do while I'm still at work or out of town etc, and she's felt likewise even more often, but its much closer to eating the last of the ice cream than anything that could harm our relationship. Our adult minds and personalities are irrevocably co-developed and intertwined. We've always had our adventures together 99% of the time, and the adventures have been so plentiful and regular that feeling like "missing out" or somehow losing something when the other is enjoying themselves has just never happened.
I was kinda of upset she got to go to the zoo without me. She knows I love the zoo.
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Sometimes I have experiences, like reading this thread, that remind me how isolated and bizarre my life and the frames of reference its provided me are in some domains of life. I've been with my wife since we were teenagers, almost 30 years now. I've never experienced romantic or sexual jealously regarding her, ever. I have experienced tiny amounts of short term, quickly resolved, sexual envy of things she's gotten to do while I'm still at work or out of town etc, and she's felt likewise even more often, but its much closer to eating the last of the ice cream than anything that could harm our relationship. Our adult minds and personalities are irrevocably co-developed and intertwined. We've always had our adventures together 99% of the time, and the adventures have been so plentiful and regular that feeling like "missing out" or somehow losing something when the other is enjoying themselves has just never happened. I was kinda of upset she got to go to the zoo without me. She knows I love the zoo.
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