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@Alizeh
@liz£h · 11 answers · 5y

In relationships, is possessiveness good or bad?

My wife regularly reminds me that she owns me....works for us so far.

@davidrodgers
David · 4y

It's always a reason for disaster in and out of relationships.

@Kate
Kate Matsuda · 5y

bad. possessiveness leads to controlling behavior and that's not healthy for anybody

@nachopee
Teo · 5y

Bad. Like most other people here are saying, we don't own our s/o's. I'd go further than most here and say that monogamy (serial or otherwise) is a form of possessiveness.

_ says, "If you don't really care what the other person does, are you really in a relationship?", but I'd say that caring what the other person does and trying to control what they do are two different things. Also, whether you're "really in a relationship" depends on how you define a relationship, and I think relationships are badly in need of a redefinition.

@ColorStorm
inhahe · 5y

Bad af

@Seta
Seta · 5y

[09-28-19]

Yes.

If you don't really care what the other person does, are you really in a relationship?

Obviously the downside, is when they're obsessed with every single thing you do.

@_
_ · 5y

I'd say anything past a prideful 'that's my girl' or a naughty 'who's my little slut' in the bedroom is most likely a problem.

@Andy
Pandy · 5y

It's fine for toothbrushes and DVR recordings, bad for everything else

@RetroKnight
Sean ⚡🤖 · 5y

Bad

@Wasserpistole
Wasserpistole · 5y

Not good

@JeffSmith
J1smith · 5y

Not good. We don’t belong to anyone. They simply choose to share themselves with us.

@LaDamaX
LaDamaX · 5y

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