Best. Relationship. Advice. Ever.

[andrewducker]

From the discussions under a (deliberately) very silly post on monogamy:

Confucius drew a line in the dirt with his staff and asked his student, "How can I make that line shorter"? The student suggested rubbing some of it out, but Confucius said that would be messy. "Watch", he said, and drew another, longer line next to it. "Now it's shorter".

Encourage your wife to read about other women's husbands on Mumsnet.

I can certainly certify that at least twice a month Julie observes someone else's relationship awfulness* from a safe distance, and then tells me how happy she is to have me.


*Either on a bus, or Eastenders. All of our friends and family have amazingly perfect relationships. Obviously.

Comments

[redbird]

Advice columns are also a good place for that: people writing in to ask "how can I get my spouse to stop doing X?" and I look at it and realize that none of my partners does that, or anything close to it, or would put up with me doing it. Which is separate from the "why is this an issue?" ones, which mostly seem to have to do with monogamy (I won't claim that polyamory solves everything, but some of the stock "why is my partner even looking at someone else?" things have been agreed not to be problems) or gender roles.

[andrewducker]

Advice columns are always good for a giggle.

Medical ones particularly so.

"Dear Medical Advice, I have had a horrible black growth on my genitals for the last fifteen years, and it has now started giving off noxious gas. What should I do?"

[conuly]

"Keep on ignoring it. It's worked so far, right?"

[miss_s_b]

Hah! I should post about my relationship funtimes over the last month or so to give Julie something to be REALLY glad about at some point.

[andrewducker]

I am made of curiosity!

[andrewhickey.info]

I did think that when reading this post, along with the thought that being poly can mean that the relationship you're in can sometimes make another relationship you're in look good...