Great Expectations

[Anonymous]

Stop it

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by Perndog

It's promoting codependence by saying that most people need a committed partner to live happily or be fulfilled ("Committed partners have it all over singles"), meaning any single and lonely person who takes this advice to heart will never be satisfied without such a relationship.

I didn't think it went as far as saying that satisfaction is impossible without a relationship.

[Perndog]

It didn't say that, but it sure implied it; think of the average, impressionable reader swallowing two paragraphs about how being in a relationship is better than being single, without hearing the other side of the story at all.

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by Perndog

It didn't say that, but it sure implied it; think of the average, impressionable reader swallowing two paragraphs about how being in a relationship is better than being single, without hearing the other side of the story at all.

Ok, fair enough.

The article did appear in Psychology Today, though, so I doubt it was geared toward the average, impressionable reader.

[Supafly345]

It's geared towards flakey, desperate women.