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Hi Queens!
I would love to hear your opinions about this video.
I feel like it's kinda heartwarming on the one hand but I also sort of get the pushback regarding its authenticity and he also seems a bit like a lurker right?
Looking forward to hearing your insights!
I don't buy any of it. There needs to be a fair amount of self-delusion in both parties to make this work in the long run. They're feeding off each other for the time being, but I'm sure underlying issues will crop up because their initial arrangement was for the wrong reasons. They got in a "marriage of convenience" and yet were planning to be platonic??? Just bc she was gonna find herself alone after her mother's death? This is the 21st century, not the olden days when women needed a chaperone. I wonder how long her friend was gonna hold his side of the bargain before he felt entitled to sex since he was already in love with her for 10 years. She also writes romance books. It's hardly a surprise that she wants to see her situation through rose-tinted glasses. Both of them are also desi and appear to have normalized pining away secretly in hope friendship turns into more since she fondly mentions a cult Bollywood movie whose tagline is "love is friendship, friendship is love" as a way of self-mythologizing her relationship. This behaviour has influenced a whole generation who do not respect boundaries and friendship between members of the opposite sex.
Sorry, I'll have to pass. None of this sounds convincing.
I want to be happy for her and am relieved for her bc that could've easily turned into some nightmare or real life thriller but she lucked out.
Also traumatized part of me is thinkin what if once a man finally wins you over he wants to make you pay for initially rejecting him 🙃
Great example of how a woman’s male “best friend” is always in love with her! At least luckily for her he turned out to be a HVM. This guy definitely played the long game to win her over.
She married him cause America doesn’t have universal healthcare. Her “falling in love” with him after gives Stockholm syndrome vibes.
I feel soooo icky. The first 🚩 was when he said they're not allowed to date other ppl besides agreeing this is just a marriage of convenience. Clearly he's closing in on his crush of 10 years. 2nd 🚩 was moving in together. Again, her mom was dying, easy to fake this since it's not like she can get up from her hospital bed (OMG this sounds evil when I type it, but u get what I mean?) 3rd 🚩 was not divorcing as soon as the mom was dead. I couldn't get through the rest of the video. This man is the perfect example of the predator "male bestie" who lies in wait for his chance to date.
I would do that, as long as the guy is hv and you are tired and done with dating, it’s a win win. He loves her unconditionally, and that’s a very rare thing.