u/EggMedical1614

What are some ways your partner shows you love/appreciation that go above & beyond?

My fiance (M29) and I (F27) have been together for 3 years. One of his specific needs is to feel sexually desired in unique ways. Our sex life is pretty great, but can occasionally hit some barriers that I don't think is necessarily relevant to get into.

Basically, I want to surprise him with some new shit. Our dynamic is very dom/sub-y. He loves anything that plays into that power dynamic. What have you men encountered that has left you feeling like your partner went above and beyond? I'm running out of ideas lol

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u/EggMedical1614 — 2 days ago
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What are some ways your partner shows you love/appreciation that go above & beyond?

My fiance (M29) and I (F27) have been together for 3 years. One of his specific needs is to feel sexually desired in unique ways. Our sex life is pretty great, but can occasionally hit some barriers that I don't think is necessarily relevant to get into.

Basically, I want to surprise him with some new shit. Our dynamic is very dom/sub-y. He loves anything that plays into that power dynamic. What have you men encountered that has left you feeling like your partner went above and beyond? I'm running out of ideas lol

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u/EggMedical1614 — 2 days ago

Partner (29M) claims he can't open up to me (27F) about anything negative because I "made his stress all about me"

My fiance (29M) and I (27F) have been together for about 3 years. We just had an argument that I need some help sorting out because I feel so exhausted & upset.

He's been very interested in the stock market over the last 6 months or so. Not just in a "low risk setting us up for retirement way" like I am, but instead much more interested in the volatile "high risk high reward" side of trading that I quite frankly don't understand and find too anxiety inducing to take any part in. Btw I should mention that finances are still separate, but will combine after marriage.

He texted me today to complain about a bad move he made and how he lost money. I often try to keep my affect pretty flat regarding this topic because I trust that he can just handle it. However, today I made the mistake of telling him that "this stresses me out".

Big mistake, as that led to rapid text messages about how I can't handle his negative emotions, I can't trust him, he will need to not let me into his world next time, I turn him into an avoidant, etc etc. Just lots of big emotions despite me continuing to apologize.

How do we move on from this instead of just causing a rift where he doesn't want to share his feelings with me? I obviously don't want to create distance in our relationship, but his anger towards me has me worried that I am leading us towards an ineffective solution that doesn't build a strong partnership.

tl;dr I reacted by saying that my fiancé's stock market decision stressed me out, he made claims that he can no longer let me in on his negative feelings and I can't be trusted to be supportive

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u/EggMedical1614 — 7 days ago