>>529697140
>be me ten years ago
>huge vidya/comics/anime nerd
>hook up with girl I knew from high school after reconnecting, start dating
>absolutely in love with this girl: she's pretty, smart, funny, pushes me into trying new fun things, sex is absolutely mind blowing
>legit start looking at rings to buy to marry this chick
>then out of fucking nowhere she dumps me, citing all my flaws like how I "have the bedroom of a teenager"
>left absolutely devastated, spend next several years in a horrible depression that ive only just now crawled out of thanks to meds/therapy
>realize in hindsight she was terrible: she wanted to dictate how I dress, how my hair looks, what foods I should eat even when she's not around, etc.
>recognize that my pain from the breakup was real but in the end I probably dodged one hell of a bullet
Take it from an anon who knows: love is a drug that blinds you to most things that should be red flags. Also as other anons have said, find someone who WANTS to engage in your hobbies with you, not merely tolerate them