I would like to share something that has been bothering me and ask for some advice. My parents divorced when I was six, and since then I’ve grown up living with my mother and my sister. While growing up, they have always emphasized that I should respect women, be kind to them, and be faithful in relationships. I understand that these are important values, but hearing it repeated constantly over the years has started to make me feel frustrated, almost as if they assume that without those reminders I would become someone who mistreats women. What makes it more confusing for me is that my parents divorced because my mother cheated on my father, something I wasn’t even told directly and discovered on my own. I also know that my sister hasn’t always been very faithful in her relationships. Because of this, I sometimes struggle with trust issues towards women and also i struggle to understand why they insist so strongly on those values. Lately I’ve noticed that this situation is making me develop feelings of resentment or disappointment toward women in general, and I don’t like that. I know it’s not a healthy way to think, and I would really like to understand how to deal with these feelings in a better way. submitted by /u/AdGullible9096
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