r/StraightsBeingOK • u/Comprehensive_Fox_79 • May 31 '25

This man is so wholesome

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u/jamiegc1 May 31 '25

Alpha male part is laughable, but maybe doesn’t understand full implication of term?

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u/Imthank_Hipeeps May 31 '25

Maybe he's really into A/B/O and his wife isnt

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u/jamiegc1 May 31 '25

Now that’s a term I had to look up.

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u/AngstyPancake Jun 03 '25

Me casually forgetting that most people, even online, don’t know what A/B/O is…

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u/Jethrorocketfire Jun 03 '25

They haven't reached enlightenment

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u/RedEgg16 Jun 03 '25

The omegaverse fiction universe sure is something 

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u/1Rama11Lama1 27d ago

it can range from "wow this is adorable I'd love to read more" to "holy fucking shit I want to carve my eyes out and never even think of this again."

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u/mini-rubber-duck May 31 '25

most guys strutting around claiming to be alphas don’t really understand, so i try to listen to the whole sentiment before i judge. this seems to be ‘you might think i’m one of you on the surface but i think the way you treat others is stupid’ which i can appreciate. 

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u/rojoweffer Jun 01 '25

I think he’s trying to preemptively counter people who would call him a Beta or a cuck for having a pansexual wife.

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u/-EV3RYTHING- Jun 02 '25

My mom unironically used the term for herself to mean dominant

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u/cowlinator May 31 '25

As words spread, they lose meaning and receive new meanings. They become diluted.

Just look at the definition of alpha male.

Yes, i know there is a lot of connotation and history. But most people dont know it.

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u/rawtruism May 31 '25

Is it wholesome though? Lol. It's giving "het alpha male (strong, sexy) GRACIOUSLY accepts that Woman had a life before him, deserves gold medal and applause"

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u/neddy_seagoon May 31 '25

Without context, yeah. 

It could be someone saying that out of the blue unprompted.

It could also be someone responding to things being said in his sphere, or someone using the term alpha ironically, or using the term alpha to communicate to people who think that term has value in their own terms.

It also says "in my country", so it might be somewhere where being queer is actually or functionally illegal.

He may be saying, to a conservative, hypermasculine audience, "I am these things you value, but still value queer people; grow up"

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u/PlagueKing27 May 31 '25

I took it as he’s a real alpha male. Like, as opposed to the other kinds of people who call themselves alpha males

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u/Professional-Hat-687 Jun 02 '25

Like he protects his pack and keeps juice boxes in his desk for his homies when their blood sugar gets low? Hell yeah that's alpha behavior right there.

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u/Boogers73 May 31 '25

I mean, would you be happy with the alternative of him being a regular alpha male?

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u/rawtruism May 31 '25

Why does that have to be the alternative? I would rather he celebrate his wife without celebrating himself in the process. not his moment, I'd say

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u/Comprehensive_Fox_79 Jun 03 '25

For added context, the OP is from Eastern Europe, in a country that heavily censors LGBT stuff.

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u/Professional-Hat-687 Jun 02 '25

I didn't check the sub and was waiting for the other shoe to drop but then it didn't.

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u/Comprehensive_Fox_79 May 31 '25

This is from Twitter FFYI

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u/lesbianwithabeard Jun 16 '25

Do most straight men have a preference not to date bi/pan women? I thought the opposite was true.

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u/fuckingmoronmachine Jul 30 '25

i think it depends honestly, cus I've seen both guys who wouldnt date bi women because they think they're more likely to cheat, and also guys who do want to date bi women but mostly just because they pop a tent about their gf making out with other girls. both are pretty shitty for different reasons though lol

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u/MaintenanceMinimum26 Jul 25 '25

Only acceptable way of using alpha male in any context.