
Calling them “fantasies” when that info usually comes entirely from unexaggerated firsthand experiences is top-shelf-gaslighting. By definition, true things can’t be fantasies. And you’re reading cause and effect backward; our interactions shape our mindsets. I was literally SO perfectly puppydoggishly naive my girl could have told me the earth was flat and I’d believe it. And I believed again and again until literally every relationship I’ve ever had, back to back to back forced me to accept th
e fact that the many women are exploitative and nearly all are unfaithful. Thats not bias; its the last thing in the world I wanted to believe. But srsly, how many times are we obligated to be naive and forget everything? & tbh I dont understand ur thesis that the purpose is to make us better. Cant speak for everyone, but it doesnt motivate me to be better. It motivates me to be worse (same with most guys I observed). I was better last time I trusted someone. Dumber sure, but otherwise better.