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Being paid for 19 years, friends aren't, girlfriends aren't!!!!

We wanted to tell you about our friends' experiences, and we wanted to ask everyone their opinion, because we were still confused about what this was.

Our friend has had a man in his life for 19 years, not for a short time. Almost the entire adult life of our friend, he has no girlfriend, no wife, no family, but has never given our friend the status of "boyfriend" either.

Even more strangely, he's always taken care of our friends, paid every month, like a life supporter, but the only condition is that our friends don't have their own families, no one, no marriage.

But when our friends talk about the future or marriage, they say they don't want to marry, they don't want to have that status.

We listened and it felt very confusing.

Meaning he doesn't want our friend to be a girlfriend

Don't want to get married

But don't want our friends to have anyone

It's like a relationship with ties, but no name to call. There's no clear future.

Friends, we've been around like that for a while, because the bond is so long, 19 years, it's not a short time at all.

So we want to ask everyone that

Is this love?

Or is it the fear of bonding

Or is it just sticking together?

If it were you, what would you view a relationship like this?

# Love experience # Relationship narrative # Trick love # Consult love # Wedding

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... Read moreจากเรื่องราวที่เล่าให้ฟัง ความสัมพันธ์ที่ยาวนานกว่า 19 ปีโดยไม่มีสถานะชัดเจนแบบนี้ เป็นเรื่องที่ซับซ้อนและน่าสนใจมากนะครับ การที่ผู้ชายคนหนึ่งคอยดูแลและช่วยเหลือทางการเงินต่อเนื่อง แต่กลับไม่ยอมให้สถานะที่ชัดเจนกับคู่ชีวิตอย่าง "แฟน" หรือ "คู่สมรส" ซึ่งดูเหมือนเป็นการผูกมัดโดยไม่มีการยอมรับหรือประกาศความสัมพันธ์อย่างเปิดเผย ในมุมมองส่วนตัว ผมคิดว่าสิ่งนี้อาจเป็นการสะท้อนความกลัวของแต่ละฝ่ายต่อการผูกมัดในความรัก ความกลัวที่ว่าจะมีความรับผิดชอบ หรือการสูญเสียอิสระส่วนตัวจนสุดท้ายจึงเลือกที่จะอยู่ในสถานะที่ไม่มีคำจำกัดความอย่างเป็นทางการ เพื่อหลีกเลี่ยงความคาดหวังหรือข้อผูกมัดที่มากเกินไป อีกประเด็นสำคัญคือการมีเงื่อนไขห้ามมีครอบครัวหรือไม่ให้ฝ่ายหญิงมีคนอื่น ซึ่งเป็นรูปแบบหนึ่งของการควบคุมหรือการผูกมัดทางอารมณ์ ถึงแม้จะไม่ได้ระบุสถานะอย่างเป็นทางการก็ตาม ที่จริงแล้วการที่ใครสักคนรับผิดชอบดูแลอีกฝ่ายโดยไม่ต้องการความสัมพันธ์แบบเปิดเผย อาจเป็นสัญญาณของความสัมพันธ์ที่ไม่สมดุล หรือขาดความชัดเจนในความต้องการของตัวเองและอีกฝ่าย สำหรับผู้ที่อาจกำลังเจอหรือผ่านประสบการณ์ความสัมพันธ์ที่คล้ายคลึงกัน ควรใช้เวลาเพื่อสำรวจใจตัวเองว่าความสัมพันธ์นี้ทำให้เรามีความสุขและเติมเต็มหรือไม่ และถามตัวเองด้วยว่า "เราได้รับสิ่งที่ควรได้หรือเปล่า" ทั้งในเรื่องของความรัก ความเคารพ และความมั่นคงทางใจ ในเชิงปฏิบัติ หากมีโอกาสควรเปิดใจพูดคุยกับอีกฝ่ายอย่างตรงไปตรงมา เพื่อเคลียร์ความคาดหวัง ซื่อสัตย์ต่อความรู้สึกของตนเองและพยายามหาทางออกร่วมกัน ในกรณีที่ไม่สามารถหาทางไปต่อได้ หรือความสัมพันธ์ทำให้รู้สึกติดขัด อาจต้องพิจารณาว่าจะเดินหน้าหรือปล่อยวางอย่างไร เพื่อสุขภาพใจที่ดีในระยะยาว สุดท้าย อยากฝากว่า ความรักไม่ได้มีรูปแบบเดียว และการให้คุณค่ากับตัวเองก่อนเสมอเป็นสิ่งสำคัญที่สุด เพื่อที่เราจะได้มีความสัมพันธ์ที่เติมเต็ม และไม่ถูกล่ามโซ่ไว้ด้วยความไม่ชัดเจนหรือความยึดติดที่ไม่ใช่ความรักที่แท้จริงครับ

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