Are all relationships transactional?

Sterling Archer

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Had this conversation recently. Im not in it for what I can get from someone but if they dont do what's required of them to make it work, they shouldn't expect anything from me. You cant be neglectful or selfish then turn around and be upset that person not fukking with you and call them transactional. Naw bytch, you just got me fukked up. I dont award or respond to mediocrity.

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Another thing:

A lot of couples talk. Very few communicate.

Motherboarders will sit there talking about memes, celeb gossips and all other kinds of goofy external ish but very little of depth or substance from within like values or expectations as each thinks the other is a mind reader slash wish fulfiller, par excellence. Then people wonder why marriages don't work.
 

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Think about your circle as a kid. They probably had the same interests as you. You spent time with them so you could have fun being active in those interests. If you didn't have fun with your crew than they wouldn't be your crew.


When it comes to relationships with the opposite sex of course. It all starts with sex. Than possibly love. Without either of the 2 why would I be in a relationship?


Your boss at work fukks with you because you perform well. If you underperformed he/she wouldn't look out for you etc...
 

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Yes they are

Human beings are commodities in our society.
Women have been historically used for sex, household labor, childcare etc. And men have been used for physical labor, protection, income etc.

No women is staying a relationship where she doesnt extract some type of value or service and most men would not be in a relationship without sex or some other service. (To be fair there a lot of men in sexless relationships but that’s a different topic)
 

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This is what I meant, women just don't like the word.

Transactional doesn't have to mean cold hard currency. Men consider time listening to women talk about their day as part of a transaction.
I enjoy listening to my girl talk about her day. It's perfectly normal and healthy to do so.

If I considered listening to her talk about her day to be a chore then I wouldn't be with her
 

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Petty Vandross.. fukk Yall
Yes from friends to family and even your children
There ain’t no such thing as unconditional love
That’s not being jaded or bitter
That’s just a hard fact people are too scared to acknowledge
When it’s all said and done
There will be very few people fukked up about your passing on that level
And if you do have a relationship that has no strings attached to it
You are very lucky and blessed
 

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Its very true and also quite obvious, isn't it? Nice to see the brehs and brehettes up on it because it shows another side of the game in that there are "levels" of perception within it.

Meaning if you're playing the basic then you won't even suspect the depth of interactions, your motivations etc.. as you're stuck on the surface. A bit deeper and we start gaining insight into the machinations, reasons and the rest and just below that the unfoldment of the entire thing where it clicks you aren't actually dealing with a real person (per se) but an interpretation based on your projections, perceptions and expectations.

The latter is why I suspect knowledge of this is verboten as it turns what most people think about the game (ie. there actually is an "out there" out there) on its head and people on the whole are not ready to stomach that as it means taking responsibility for everything it brings and society as a whole is too juvenile and recessed for this at the moment.
 

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Everytime I get the number from a girl on dating apps and we actually talk, they all do an interrogation asking me what I do for a living and what I have. Deleted all the dating apps. I don’t have it like that, and even if I did, I don’t want to entertain people just because they’re more interested in what I have more than me specifically. I might as well pay an escort in that case
Man if you had it like that you’d be interrogating too.

I’m not trying deal with a chick that’s a bum either. Gotta be able to cut your loses early.

Last thing you want to do is get to know a chick,vibe then find out she has 90k in student loan debt that she’s never paid ,on a 35k salary…….
 
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Man if you had it like that you’d be interrogating too.

I’m not trying deal with a chick that’s a bum either. Gotta be able to cut your loses early.

Last thing you want to do is get to know a chick,vibe then find out she has 90k in student loan debt that she’s never paid ,on a 35k salary…….
Had it like what?. I don’t care what a female has. Not looking for a wife. Reason why men sell women dreams is because of the absurd expectations they have so men use it against them, get what they want and keep it moving.

I don’t care to be interviewed about every detail of my personal finances and assets when I don’t even know them I don’t even tell friends and family my business like that :dahell:

It’s been said and shown over and over again men don’t want to deal with females that ignored them on the come up, only to want them once they reach a certain status. Men for the most part with a lot of options because they are at a certain status don’t care to stay loyal to women when they got lots of options. They better off entertaining the bus driver but want the guy that owns the bus but act surprised when the bus owner entertains his options :mjlol:
 
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I enjoy listening to my girl talk about her day. It's perfectly normal and healthy to do so.

If I considered listening to her talk about her day to be a chore then I wouldn't be with her
:yeshrug: Many men don't. I don't know what you want me to say. :skip:


Now, tbf, like you, my man enjoys listening to my day, even though we're literally in the same house together damn near 24/ 7, but that's bc, a, I purposefully collect interesting things to share with him, and b, I'm from Harlem and therefore a good story teller. :skip:
 
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