From Newsgroup: soc.culture.bulgaria

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?

By Chant|- Joseph October 29, 2025

If someone so much as says rCLmy boyfrCorCY on social media, theyrCOre muted. ThererCOs nothing I hate more than following someone for fun, only for their content to become rCLmy boyfriendrCY-ified suddenly. This is probably because, for so long, it felt like we were living in what one of my favorite Substackers calls Boyfriend Land: a world where womenrCOs online identities centered around the lives of their partners, a situation rarely seen
reversed. Women were rewarded for their ability to find and keep a man,
with elevated social status and praise. It became even more suffocating
when this could be leveraged on social media for engagement and, if you
were serious enough, financial gain.

However, more recently, thererCOs been a pronounced shift in the way people showcase their relationships online: far from fully hard-launching
romantic partners, straight women are opting for subtler signsrCoa hand on a steering wheel, clinking glasses at dinner, or the back of someonerCOs head. On the more confusing end, you have faces blurred out of wedding pictures,
or entire professionally edited videos with the fianc|- conveniently
cropped out of all shots. Women are obscuring their partnerrCOs face when
they post, as if they want to erase the fact they exist without actually
not posting them.

rCa

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From Newsgroup: soc.culture.bulgaria

On 11/20/2025 11:00 PM, Nick wrote:

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?

By Chant|- Joseph October 29, 2025

If someone so much as says rCLmy boyfrCorCY on social media, theyrCOre muted. ThererCOs nothing I hate more than following someone for fun, only for their content to become rCLmy boyfriendrCY-ified suddenly. This is probably because,
for so long, it felt like we were living in what one of my favorite Substackers calls Boyfriend Land: a world where womenrCOs online identities centered around the lives of their partners, a situation rarely seen reversed. Women were rewarded for their ability to find and keep a man,
with elevated social status and praise. It became even more suffocating
when this could be leveraged on social media for engagement and, if you
were serious enough, financial gain.

However, more recently, thererCOs been a pronounced shift in the way people showcase their relationships online: far from fully hard-launching
romantic partners, straight women are opting for subtler signsrCoa hand on a steering wheel, clinking glasses at dinner, or the back of someonerCOs head. On the more confusing end, you have faces blurred out of wedding pictures,
or entire professionally edited videos with the fianc|- conveniently
cropped out of all shots. Women are obscuring their partnerrCOs face when they post, as if they want to erase the fact they exist without actually
not posting them.

rCa

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https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now

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From Newsgroup: soc.culture.bulgaria

On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:45:00 -0800, Radostina wrote:

On 11/20/2025 11:00 PM, Nick wrote:

Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now?

By Chant|- Joseph October 29, 2025

If someone so much as says rCLmy boyfrCorCY on social media, theyrCOre muted.
ThererCOs nothing I hate more than following someone for fun, only for
their content to become rCLmy boyfriendrCY-ified suddenly. This is probably >> because,
for so long, it felt like we were living in what one of my favorite
Substackers calls Boyfriend Land: a world where womenrCOs online
identities centered around the lives of their partners, a situation
rarely seen reversed. Women were rewarded for their ability to find and
keep a man,
with elevated social status and praise. It became even more suffocating
when this could be leveraged on social media for engagement and, if you
were serious enough, financial gain.

However, more recently, thererCOs been a pronounced shift in the way
people showcase their relationships online: far from fully
hard-launching romantic partners, straight women are opting for subtler
signsrCoa hand on a steering wheel, clinking glasses at dinner, or the
back of someonerCOs head.
On the more confusing end, you have faces blurred out of wedding
pictures,
or entire professionally edited videos with the fianc|- conveniently
cropped out of all shots. Women are obscuring their partnerrCOs face when
they post, as if they want to erase the fact they exist without
actually not posting them.

rCa

-R-U-e-#-+-#-+-+-e-+ -+-# -|-+-+-+-+-A -#-|-C-|-U:

https://www.vogue.com/article/is-having-a-boyfriend-embarrassing-now

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