If I May venture cautiously out into the emotionally charged subject matter; i would first like to do so using your story as an example.
If as you say your brother stayed with a womban for 2 years mostly because he liked her sexual performance, was that not a seed for toxicity in itself?
Yes, he was in the relationship for the wrong reasons. Thus when things went south, he attempted to use those wrong reasons as a justification for staying
Is is okay to stay with someone because you like their sex but are not in love with them? Is that a form of emotional betrayal, possibly abuse or maltreatment?
Here I will agree to disagree. People stay with people for all manor of reasons other than love. In fact, in that love doesnt develope until sometime later. People can be together for some time.
She's not a prostitute is she? She's his woman, and if he's not in it for love then what does he think he will sow?
I think you are being pollyannaish here. Do you love everyone you have dated for an extended period? A year? 6 months? At 1st site?
These brothers who sleep with a woman and don't think that how they truly feel about her won't come back to them are rather ignorant of the womban's nature. Her earth is her responsibility, to ensure that the seeds planted within her soul, her psyche and her body are loving and nurturing; not exploitive and draining.
Ok, you're being rather one sided and judgemental here. Would it be better if I had said the woman stayed with the guy because she liked being taken out regularly? Because that does happen quite frequently. Let's stick to the topic please
So in response t your question about what makes a relationship toxic, how about manipulation and dishonesty. Lack of agreement as to why you are together?
Those things can make a relationship toxic. But in this case, the toxicity was brought about by the fact that she had severe PMS. During each episode, she would become increasingly aggressive and violent. Which he ignored because of the great sex.
Just out of curiousity, did this couple sit down and make life plans together, goals that had them working together, invested in a future, or did they just take it as it came, sex first and planning after?
I beilieve he asked her to control her PMS thru medication and do other things and he would marry her
A relationship is toxic when it hurts you, when what you see and what you feel from that person is hurt or hurtful. Time to walk away.
We come together to build each other up, not tear one another down. When you catch the evil eye it's better to take space and a lot of it.
So are you saying sado-masochism is ok if no one complains?????