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WIFELADY: if I don& #39;t tell my husband explicitly what to do, step by step, it& #39;ll never get done haha men
HOLLY: haha no that& #39;s because he& #39;s a child and you married a child I& #39;m sorry your generation was weird about sex
WIFELADY: huh
HOLLY: forty years of caring for a baby man
HOLLY: haha no that& #39;s because he& #39;s a child and you married a child I& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;s because if he read them, he& #39;d be accountable to you for having read them and that& #39;s the obstacle isn& #39;t it: he doesn& #39;t want to hold himself accountable
HOLLY: that& #39;s because if he read them, he& #39;d be accountable to you for having read them and that& #39;s the obstacle isn& #39;t it: he doesn& #39;t want to hold himself accountable
WIFEGUY: I& #39;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& #39;t beat yourself up
HOLLY: every generation of women finds new fun ways to fall for the con, don& #39;t beat yourself up
The reason it& #39;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& #39;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& #39;re not being paid for any of this
