Newish to this section so please go gentle!
Talking to DP last night about why he doesn't cry at happy stuff. He said he was an edwardian man and treats emotions like something kept hidden. This apparently harks back to the days when 'men were real men' and it's not manly to cry.
I almost saw red at this and said that women and men both feel emotions and it doesn't make you a man because you hide them. He also said that he wasn't into all this metro sexual new nan being in touch with his feminine side. i said WTF does Feminine side even mean?! Are you saying that emotions are only a female thing? He couldn't answer this.
Am I right? I think dp is ready to be educated, please give me some more things to say!
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Need a bit of help in talking to DP who says '.... Because I'm a man'
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PenelopePitstops · 20/04/2015 08:34
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