...you mean it's become more nuanced and actual advice-driven?
No, I mean that previously the advice on a thread about a shitty husband would have gone along the lines of...
"What's in this relationship for you?"
"If you've tried talking to him and he won't change, you have to accept it or leave."
"The only acceptable level of abuse is zero" etc
Now we're getting "oh men, they're so silly, bless their cotton socks." and "mine's the same hun, so fed up with it, wish I'd left years ago" without the same drive to expect better that we felt in years gone by.
Maybe its because some of the most forthright posters are just bored or have compassion fatigue after years of telling women that they deserve to be treated better than this. What's noticeable is that the advice is, admittedly more diverse, but just less centred on women expecting and demanding to be respected and loved, and being encouraged to go it alone rather than put up with a shitty relationship.
I know people joke about all the LTBs that get handed out, but if it weren't for the no nonsense advice from prolific posters on the relationships board a few years back, I'd now be 'celebrating' 20 miserable years with my cold joy-sucking ex husband, rather than 7 with my wonderful partner.
I didn't realise I deserved better until some strong women with no skin in the game told me so.