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2026-07-27 15:39 UTC
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@Ashmire@pagan.plus 2026-07-27 15:55
@bloodravenlib@mas.to Honestly, from a very young age I feared marriage because of having to share a bed. Not even sex, because I was too young to know about that, but sharing a bed. My mother used to tell the story of how once when I was a toddler, my dad was away, there was a terrible thunderstorm and she assumed that because being alone in bed with that noise outside made her anxious, I would feel the same, so she came into my room to cuddle. And after about 15 minutes or so, I told her "I think you should go back to your own bed now!" I realize in many places people do indeed have to share because of poverty, and that I am fortunate that even though we didn't always have adequate food or utilities things didn't get to that point for us. But it really is a miserable thing to have to do and very odd that culture tries to mandate as a necessity for a specific relationship.