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0biwanCannoli t1_j865i28 wrote

I’m in a relationship with a truly traditional person who doesn’t want to work, needs to have 2 kids because her friends do, and expects me to provide everything, like a house. In this economy?!

My money is our money, but her money is her money.

There’s no sex. There’s no communication. Plenty of resentment.

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bandyplaysreallife t1_j865cma wrote

A life with no real challenges will do that to someone. Boredom gets filled with drugs, realistic goals get swapped with delusions. It really does the person no favors in the long run and it's a shame that people have enabled her for so long. People only get really out of touch like that when they can afford to be.

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bandyplaysreallife t1_j8643f2 wrote

Moving to a new city and getting a new job in your field is a massive risk assuming it's possible at all.

In the future I'd suggest not giving this kind of advice in this situation, it offers zero valuable insight and comes off incredibly condescending for no good reason.

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Th1nk1ngTh1ng t1_j863dx9 wrote

True, but If it's not a double blind study then you can't eliminate the possibility that the respondents aren't reporting the information they think the researchers want to hear. It taints the evidence - biases the sample - especially in human trials.

I've read a number of these "we broke the blinds" placebo studies, and they always find that the people who know they are getting a placebo report extreme results. And, my conclusion is: "of course, they did! They knew that's what the researchers wanted to hear."

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