Seeing all long-term relationships as fundamentally boring

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I don't think I could date an introvert, at least the one's that don't seem particularly interested in trying new things or experiences.

As I've said since the beginning of this thread, I'm more outgoing than my introverted friends and this is to my disadvantage, as they are content with doing stuff indoors but I need to get out of the house.

I swear, if I dated an introverted female, she'd have to at least be okay with me being the type to go out all the time.

What's the point of dragging your girlfriend along if she's going to be the one who sits in a dark corner alone at the party, be pissed that you're 'ignoring' her because you're hanging out and partying with your friends, and demand you go home with her early anyway?

Aspie1 and I's nightmares...

This is typical aspies black and white thinking.

I had a bad relationship once, therefore all relationships are bad.

I perceive that my friends are unhappy in relationships therefore that is the absolute truth.

My Grandma said a thing once therefore that is the absolute truth.

Theory of mind. He can't imagine it differently because he literally can't imagine it differently.

Aspie1 is right it would be like telling someone convinced that the earth is flat, that the earth is round.

No wonder Kaytee became a troll. It's like hitting your head of a brick wall sometimes on this forum.

You are dismissing the fact that Cory knew and loved Topanga for years since they were little kids, of course he's gonna be more attached to Topanga (and disregard her flaws) than to some new girl, no matter how more fun the latter sounds.

It's a family show but this part reflect reality of attachement.

When I watched that as a kid I thought they were ultra grown up and serious for a couple of 13 year olds (however old they were) they seemed like a 28 year old couple, this could be because of adults writing the script for kids.

There wasn't much fun , so it seemed

The media will definitely have a negative affect on your perception.

Just look at how marriage is portrayed by most media - as some sort of contract, some deathtrap for men.

Most men in media seem to dread marriage, and the woman is over-whelmed with stress as she wants everything to be ABOLSUTELY PERFECT, while the man just loves the woman and just wants to have a happy wedding without all the associated stress over trivial rubbish.

It'll end with the man's buddies going on an attempt to convince their friend marriage is the right way to go, he'll have some emotional realization and realize, yes, he can handle marriage and be prepared for the future.

The woman will stop being stressed out and hysterical, and realize all along it's just their love that's important, and realize in the end everything did go perfect once she stopped trying to achieve perfection.

Anyway, that sounds like nearly every comedy movie to me with a wedding....

It's funny what you said about weddings. Most relationships in family sitcoms ALWAYS follow this specific pattern.

1. The man somehow expresses his needs. Oftentimes, it's sex. But it can really be anything: a night out with his friends, seeing a football (American) game, playing golf, or pursuing his own manly hobby.
2. The woman is against it, and accuses him of not loving her, threatening to end the relationship, or something of that nature. She cries, yells, or both. All supporting characters automatically take her side.
3. The man is humbled, and submits to her wishes. No sex happens, his cancels on his friends, he doesn't get to watch the game. Instead, he submits to his partner's wishes, and apparently, "learns his lesson".
4. They make up, and live happily ever after. Or specifically, only she does. The man learns to live without his needs being met. Whether or not he's actually happy living like that, the show does not tell you.

Also, me and my friend got into a fight this week. I'm pretty sure the friendship is done for, although it was halfway there already, when his girlfriend entered the picture. So it was just a matter of the final push. Anyway, I tried to invite him to a birthday party I'm trying to organize for early next month. We're supposed to take a train to an Irish neighorbood, walk around, and do some day drinking. You know, take advantage of this year's El Niño weather. I suggested it to some of my distant friends, who all agreed. But my good friend said he has to ask his girlfriend's permission, since she doesn't like going out, and he refuses to go without her, "because that's not what love is". I wanted to slap him! Heck, I've gone to dance classes where women come without their significant others, due to diverging interests. And I danced with them too. They're still plenty loving at home, I'm sure.

I kept trying to get it through his head that he drank the Kool-Aid, and was no longer his own person, just a pet. I'm at a point where I gave up trying to explain things to NTs deeply set in their ways. Unlike family, who I want to at least make peace with my decision to be single, I'm ready to stand back and smugly watch my friends be proverbial inmates. All while I go to singles' parties, flirt and have fun, then stagger back to the station to catch the 1:00 AM train home.

Sitcoms are not real life. Duh.

<sarcasm>Oh my god, I had no idea! So sitcoms aren't real life? Thank you for enlightening me.</sarcasm>

Be that as it may, if you repeat something on TV enough times---and my description exists in EVERY single sitcom out there---people will start expecting it in real life. So basically, it becomes socially unacceptable for men to get their needs met within a relationship. Soon enough, you have men like me who are terrified of relationships, due to the media stereotypes, as well as these same stereotypes spreading into real life. Heck, all of my friends have the world's most boring relationships. So why shouldn't mine be any different?

That "have to do everything together" vibe, not for me.

Either he, her or both of them is insecure. Or perhaps they simply cannot be apart, in which case I guess that is it.

Perhaps he just isn't in pub crawls anymore, not everyone is into it, they might pretend to in their younger days.