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WIFELADY: if I don't tell my husband explicitly what to do, step by step, it'll never get done haha men
HOLLY: haha no that's because he's a child and you married a child I'm sorry your generation was weird about sex
WIFELADY: huh
HOLLY: forty years of caring for a baby man
HOLLY: haha no that's because he's a child and you married a child I'm sorry your generation was weird about sex
WIFELADY: huh
HOLLY: forty years of caring for a baby man
WIFELADY: my husband means well and I love him to death but
HOLLY: but he doesn't anticipate your needs
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: or educate himself about how care works
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: and surrendered over to you full dominion over housework chores and family duties
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: but he doesn't anticipate your needs
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: or educate himself about how care works
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: and surrendered over to you full dominion over housework chores and family duties
WIFELADY:
WIFELADY: my husband just shuts down if I try to talk to him about any of this, he changes the subject or walks away
HOLLY: that's because your husband is a fragile child who needs to control the emotional temperature of your relationship and he does it by withdrawing
HOLLY: that's because your husband is a fragile child who needs to control the emotional temperature of your relationship and he does it by withdrawing
WIFELADY: I buy him all these books, he never reads them
HOLLY: that's because if he read them, he'd be accountable to you for having read them and that's the obstacle isn't it: he doesn't want to hold himself accountable
HOLLY: that's because if he read them, he'd be accountable to you for having read them and that's the obstacle isn't it: he doesn't want to hold himself accountable
WIFEGUY: I'm a total wife guy
WIFELADY: he loves being married, tho
HOLLY: lol who gives a fuck, men have always loved marriage because it works great for them
WIFELADY: he loves being married, tho
HOLLY: lol who gives a fuck, men have always loved marriage because it works great for them
WIFELADY: but the pinterest board I made for our wedding made me so hopeful about what this would be like
HOLLY: every generation of women finds new fun ways to fall for the con, don't beat yourself up
HOLLY: every generation of women finds new fun ways to fall for the con, don't beat yourself up
The reason it's called the girlfriend experience and not the wife experience is because part of what makes having a wife fun for men is taking her for granted and not paying her
HOLLY: have you and your other wife friends thought about starting a union
WIFELADY: what do you mean
HOLLY: well it sounds like your working conditions are fucking miserable and possibly traumatizing
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: and you're not being paid for any of this
WIFELADY: what do you mean
HOLLY: well it sounds like your working conditions are fucking miserable and possibly traumatizing
WIFELADY:
HOLLY: and you're not being paid for any of this
