Are boyfriends embarrassing?

男朋友是否令人尴尬?

Today, Explained

2026-01-03

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  • So late last year the internet asked an important question.

  • Are boyfriends embarrassing now?

  • And turns out just about everybody has an opinion.

  • If you have not read the British Vogue article as having a boyfriend a marathon,

  • you need to run, not walk.

  • I think, for me, it's that I don't want my identity or to tie myself to my relationship.

  • The fact that this even had to be written is a clear wake-up call for men.

  • I will never get behind this narrative that women don't need men and men don't need women.

  • Why would I allow anyone, let alone a man, lower the standard I worked so hard to earn?

  • Like, people did this clap-back, uh, Vogue.

  • Is this embarrassing?

  • And it's a mediocre guy.

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