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"I dont know how true it is, but I saw a thing about it and it said that the reason they have one in reserve is because just in case their current relationship fails, they could fall back to that one. What is your view about it, do you think so many have one in reserve, does it mean the other 25% have more than one? Would you have one extra, if so, what would be the reason? I dont think it is a good start to a relationship if one already have secret one waiting for them " Reading this reminds me of one those podcast bros you see on Insta! | |||
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"How many men do you know who are reserves Shag?" 75% of them. | |||
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"How do you know what reserved list you're on? Lol " Yes, it would be hard to know which list you would be on too. | |||
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"I don't believe for a second there are that many men who would accept being a reserve or are lacking in self respect. " Or that 75% of women could be so callous. I'm sure Nero will be along shortly to dispute this 😁 | |||
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"I’ve never had a guy in “reserve” haha one relationship at a time is more than enough. It doesn’t sit right for me, how can I give my current man 100% if I’ve got some other guy in the sidelines?. Definitely not." Hi asianflower, yes, you are right there, one relationship at a time is more than enough too | |||
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"Where would I keep him? My wardrobe is already fit to burst and I'm not getting rid of any of my clothes." Outside. No special treatment needed, he's the reserve. | |||
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"How many men do you know who are reserves Shag? 75% of them." What if 75% of women have the same 5% of men in reserve? There's going to be trouble then | |||
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"Where would I keep him? My wardrobe is already fit to burst and I'm not getting rid of any of my clothes. Outside. No special treatment needed, he's the reserve." Meli, the voice of reason as always! 😍 | |||
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"I don't believe for a second there are that many men who would accept being a reserve or are lacking in self respect. · Or that 75% of women could be so callous. I'm sure Nero will be along shortly to dispute this 😁" • Talking of callouses I certainly felt yours when I held your hand recently when you needed assistance with the pedestrian crossing. 😘 | |||
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"I don't believe for a second there are that many men who would accept being a reserve or are lacking in self respect. · Or that 75% of women could be so callous. I'm sure Nero will be along shortly to dispute this 😁 • Talking of callouses I certainly felt yours when I held your hand recently when you needed assistance with the pedestrian crossing. 😘" These are good, honest working hands, Nero. | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " Don't let partners isolate you from your friends and support network. Do you have other friends that aren't primarily his friends? | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " Please don't let your partner keep you from your friends. sounds like your partner may be jealous xx good luck xx | |||
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"What do you mean by reserved? As in they're sitting around single and waiting to dive straight in, or they're doing the same thing to their own partner? Or just that 75% of women know that if they were suddenly single they'd have people who would jump at the chance to take them out? If 75% of women have a reserve, and the population split is roughly equal, that would mean 150% of the male population were claimed as either primary or reserve, meaning that many would not actually be available. Surely?" Hmmm….you’re assuming that there’s no overlap amongst the men. Also populations in this context would be an absolute figure and so can’t exceed 100%. I’m loads of fun. | |||
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"What do you mean by reserved? As in they're sitting around single and waiting to dive straight in, or they're doing the same thing to their own partner? Or just that 75% of women know that if they were suddenly single they'd have people who would jump at the chance to take them out? If 75% of women have a reserve, and the population split is roughly equal, that would mean 150% of the male population were claimed as either primary or reserve, meaning that many would not actually be available. Surely? Hmmm….you’re assuming that there’s no overlap amongst the men. Also populations in this context would be an absolute figure and so can’t exceed 100%. I’m loads of fun. " That's the point. 75% of women cannot have a reliable reserve as well as a primary, assuming standard monogamous structures. | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " Partners shouldn't want to "ban" you from talking to your friends. Don't let him. | |||
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"What do you mean by reserved? As in they're sitting around single and waiting to dive straight in, or they're doing the same thing to their own partner? Or just that 75% of women know that if they were suddenly single they'd have people who would jump at the chance to take them out? If 75% of women have a reserve, and the population split is roughly equal, that would mean 150% of the male population were claimed as either primary or reserve, meaning that many would not actually be available. Surely? Hmmm….you’re assuming that there’s no overlap amongst the men. Also populations in this context would be an absolute figure and so can’t exceed 100%. I’m loads of fun. That's the point. 75% of women cannot have a reliable reserve as well as a primary, assuming standard monogamous structures." I can feel a Venn diagram coming on | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " If I tried banning my wife from talking to someone else she would laugh like it was a bad joke, and then once she realised I were serious she would laugh even harder. My submissive even has it as a red line ("no banning/limiting contact with friends and family"), one I respect because it's a red line - but also, I would never want to do that anyway. Her having a support network is incredibly important. I think acquiescing to such a demand would be quite dangerous, regardless of the value of the friend. | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " I'd ditch your partner and keep your friend. No one tells me who I can and can not be friends with. | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " I'd tell him where to go. I would never allow any man to tell me who I could speak to. My best male friend and I have known each other more than 20 years and no-one gets to mess with that friendship. | |||
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"I think it's a load of old piss, however I do believe it's easier for women to find a partner than a man, but to say they have one in reserve, what a load of bollocks " It's relatively easy to find a meaningless shag as a woman if your standards are low but finding a decent partner is incredibly difficult | |||
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"I think it's a load of old piss, however I do believe it's easier for women to find a partner than a man, but to say they have one in reserve, what a load of bollocks It's relatively easy to find a meaningless shag as a woman if your standards are low but finding a decent partner is incredibly difficult " I agree, and disagree. I'm not using fab as an example because this place is an exception to every rule. No disrespect to women at all, but 80% of women on here have there own heads up there arse when it comes to expectations of us men. If you want the beautiful people brigade then fuck off to the F Club. If you're looking for a decent partner then Fab isn't the place to be really | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " That sounds a bit off to me. | |||
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" If you're looking for a decent partner then Fab isn't the place to be really" I disagree, I met my ex partner on here, he was very decent. | |||
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" If you're looking for a decent partner then Fab isn't the place to be really I disagree, I met my ex partner on here, he was very decent." As a rule it isn't. he still became an ex tho | |||
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"I dont know how true it is, but I saw a thing about it and it said that the reason they have one in reserve is because just in case their current relationship fails, they could fall back to that one. What is your view about it, do you think so many have one in reserve, does it mean the other 25% have more than one? Would you have one extra, if so, what would be the reason? I dont think it is a good start to a relationship if one already have secret one waiting for them " Citation please. | |||
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" If you're looking for a decent partner then Fab isn't the place to be really I disagree, I met my ex partner on here, he was very decent. As a rule it isn't. he still became an ex tho" Not for not being decent. | |||
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" If you're looking for a decent partner then Fab isn't the place to be really I disagree, I met my ex partner on here, he was very decent. As a rule it isn't. he still became an ex tho Not for not being decent." Like many things on fab we have to take opinions of people and interpret it for what it is, for example I think I'm a decent guy and in reality I know I am but proving it on here is practically impossible. Yes, your ex might of been a decent guy but that's your opinion because you got to know him as a person, I'm betting there are 100's on here who wouldn't | |||
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"I think it's a load of old piss, however I do believe it's easier for women to find a partner than a man, but to say they have one in reserve, what a load of bollocks It's relatively easy to find a meaningless shag as a woman if your standards are low but finding a decent partner is incredibly difficult I agree, and disagree. I'm not using fab as an example because this place is an exception to every rule. No disrespect to women at all, but 80% of women on here have there own heads up there arse when it comes to expectations of us men. If you want the beautiful people brigade then fuck off to the F Club. If you're looking for a decent partner then Fab isn't the place to be really" I met my current partner on fab .... generally I would agree it's not the place to find a partner because most men and women on here are either swinging with an existing partner, cheating on their partners or single and just wanting a nsa shag. My standards are in respect to the behaviour of a man not what they look like..... because some of the "beautiful" men can be absolute d*cks. I definitely don't have a reserve man .... finding one decent one has been hard enough ... I will be happy on my own if it doesn't work out. | |||
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"I don't believe for a second there are that many men who would accept being a reserve or are lacking in self respect. " ...im just here for the ride....what can I say... | |||
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"I freeze them, and only thaw them when the current one is close to its expiry date. Currently, my freezer is overflowing with reserves but a lady does has to do whatever it takes to keep a fresh stock at the ready. " ...and the good news is they're rock hard all the time.... | |||
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"I freeze them, and only thaw them when the current one is close to its expiry date. Currently, my freezer is overflowing with reserves but a lady does has to do whatever it takes to keep a fresh stock at the ready. " Bugger, I'm past my sell by date | |||
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"I don't believe for a second there are that many men who would accept being a reserve or are lacking in self respect. " Pick me, pick me | |||
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"I freeze them, and only thaw them when the current one is close to its expiry date. Currently, my freezer is overflowing with reserves but a lady does has to do whatever it takes to keep a fresh stock at the ready. " No, no you go first.. I’m | |||
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"How many men do you know who are reserves Shag? 75% of them." Hi, yes, it would be the 75% of them too. | |||
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"Let me guess...the researcher is a guy who feels he's been overlooked for some other guy" I would be willing to bed my home that this is correct... | |||
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"I don't know how true it is, but I saw a thing about it and it said that the reason they have one in reserve is because just in case their current relationship fails, they could fall back to that one. What is your view about it, do you think so many have one in reserve, does it mean the other 25% have more than one? Would you have one extra, if so, what would be the reason? I dont think it is a good start to a relationship if one already have secret one waiting for them " I doubt that the 'reserve man' is something that's been formally agreed on. There could be men who she is friends with but not romantically involved or men who have shown interest in her but she has not reciprocated. So in the future if she is single they would simply be connections she had that can be rekindled if she so choses. I can imagine if I was highly attractive in the dating market, it would make sense to initially pursue a relationship with the most compatible person. But finding that person can take time. In that time surely many other suitors can approach me, and I might seriously like some of them but bide my time in wait of someone that ticks more boxes. So then lets say I find such a person and we enter a relationship but for whatever reason it doesn't work out. I might then think about, x, y, z person who I met in the past who I really liked but earlier did not pursue a serious relationship with. If they are still single and still interested It would be reasonable to pursue a romantic relationship. I think most people want to pursue their ideal, but would be open to starting a relationship with someone who ticks fewer boxes if they are a genuinely great 'candidate'. All of the above is just conjecture on my part. But that's likely how I would operate were I approached by lots of people looking to start a romantic relationship. | |||
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"What do you mean by reserved? As in they're sitting around single and waiting to dive straight in, or they're doing the same thing to their own partner? Or just that 75% of women know that if they were suddenly single they'd have people who would jump at the chance to take them out? If 75% of women have a reserve, and the population split is roughly equal, that would mean 150% of the male population were claimed as either primary or reserve, meaning that many would not actually be available. Surely?" Hi _reytothefairies, it means that they have one ready just in case the relationship doesnt work, yes, few would be reserved, not everyone | |||
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"Mrs must have has one on reserve for the last 22 years." ___ Sounds like your Mrs reserve and mine might be corked by now when that bottle is opened. | |||
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"What do you mean by reserved? As in they're sitting around single and waiting to dive straight in, or they're doing the same thing to their own partner? Or just that 75% of women know that if they were suddenly single they'd have people who would jump at the chance to take them out? If 75% of women have a reserve, and the population split is roughly equal, that would mean 150% of the male population were claimed as either primary or reserve, meaning that many would not actually be available. Surely?Hi _reytothefairies, it means that they have one ready just in case the relationship doesnt work, yes, few would be reserved, not everyone " But if the same one is reserved by several people then they're not actually reserved. If the point is that most women do have orbiters who hang around pretending to be friends only to make a move the moment the woman becomes 'available' I would agree that probably 75% (if not more) of women in relationships have at least one of those. But that doesn't mean they're interested, have any actual relationship potential, or that the woman is actively 'reserving' those people. I am aware of several people who would like to have sex with me that I choose not to for whatever reason. Those people are not 'reserved' and I'm long past the teenage days of getting out of a relationship and going for the most convenient available sex to cheer myself up regardless of actual desire 💜 | |||
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"Define reserve... If by definition it means a guy you can dick dial. Id say every man in a woman's phone book that she's had sex with is then technically a reserve. " Exactly, pretty much what I was alluring towards | |||
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"Define reserve... If by definition it means a guy you can dick dial. Id say every man in a woman's phone book that she's had sex with is then technically a reserve. Exactly, pretty much what I was alluring towards " Alluring or alluding? | |||
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"Define reserve... If by definition it means a guy you can dick dial. Id say every man in a woman's phone book that she's had sex with is then technically a reserve. Exactly, pretty much what I was alluring towards Alluring or alluding?" Alluring you into doing what you just did | |||
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"I’m constantly on standby… quite frankly it’s exhausting and having to wear a pager is just so retro. There ought to be a man-in-reserve app" Careful where you buy your pager from - just saying | |||
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"Is it the same bloke? He must be exhausted." Must be, I’ve never had a ‘can you backup sex me’ call. (Oh maybe I have and misunderstood) | |||
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"Is it the same bloke? He must be exhausted. Must be, I’ve never had a ‘can you backup sex me’ call. (Oh maybe I have and misunderstood)" Wouldn't it be horrible if you were the "Global Backup Sex Guy", but had no idea it was you? | |||
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"Is it the same bloke? He must be exhausted. Must be, I’ve never had a ‘can you backup sex me’ call. (Oh maybe I have and misunderstood) Wouldn't it be horrible if you were the "Global Backup Sex Guy", but had no idea it was you? " That’s a lot of anal though | |||
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"A sore point in my relationship right now... My partner has banned me from talking to a male friend after accusing me of keeping him as my backup. Completely untrue, I have been friends with the dude for 16 years... Partner claimed a couple of days later that they actually said the dude is keeping ME as his backup... And then banned me from talking to him entirely a couple of days later. I miss my friend. " Brunette has many male mates that would jump at a chance with her, to me it's no problem because I trust her. As much as a do not like (putting it politely) a few of them it isn't for me to to tell her what to do anyway. Hey yeah of course I will let her know how it makes me feel but it is up to her and I will respect that. Find that trust issue and talk it through. Jay | |||
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"Can’t people have platonic friendships anymore without acccusations or expectations? " i dont believe a man can be friends with a woman without that thought been there, id bet my house that if she ever gave him the chance he would be balls deep without a hesitation unless he were gay obvs | |||
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"Can’t people have platonic friendships anymore without acccusations or expectations? " Seemingly not a lot of the time! | |||
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"Can’t people have platonic friendships anymore without acccusations or expectations? i dont believe a man can be friends with a woman without that thought been there, id bet my house that if she ever gave him the chance he would be balls deep without a hesitation unless he were gay obvs " I assure you I have many female friends that my brain wouldn't even permit thinking of them that way! Jeez some are more sisters than my sister! Jay | |||
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"Can’t people have platonic friendships anymore without acccusations or expectations? i dont believe a man can be friends with a woman without that thought been there, id bet my house that if she ever gave him the chance he would be balls deep without a hesitation unless he were gay obvs I assure you I have many female friends that my brain wouldn't even permit thinking of them that way! Jeez some are more sisters than my sister! Jay" maybe im just a pervert then 😂 | |||
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" maybe im just a pervert then 😂" Haha! Maybe! I just think some people can and some people can't. My mom and dad have been close friends ever since they divorced when I was young. I learnt it was possible maybe.. | |||
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" maybe im just a pervert then 😂 Haha! Maybe! I just think some people can and some people can't. My mom and dad have been close friends ever since they divorced when I was young. I learnt it was possible maybe.. " in that case i think its different tbh | |||
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"Where would I keep him? My wardrobe is already fit to burst and I'm not getting rid of any of my clothes." Hi _aizy, yes, or keep him in the cupboard under the stairs lol, one would need space too | |||
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"Can’t people have platonic friendships anymore without acccusations or expectations? i dont believe a man can be friends with a woman without that thought been there, id bet my house that if she ever gave him the chance he would be balls deep without a hesitation unless he were gay obvs " 😳 I was on holiday with a female friend a couple months ago, we shared a bed. We walked around naked, at point she was pissed & playing her tits asking me if they look good. Who in their right might would spoil that kind of friendship with sex ? | |||
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"Is this not the whole ‘if we’re both still single at 40 then we’ll get together’ scenario, that you invariably make in your twenties, not having long been dumped and feeling like you’ll be alone forever and that that’s the worst thing that could possibly ever happen to you?!" was that a thing | |||
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