Shrews

girlwriteswhat · 2011-10-04T07:24:10+00:00

This. Oh yes. Every man I've seriously dated or been involved with since I split with my ex--six of them in all--have been emotionally battered men to one degree or another. And all of them but one inevitably went back to dating women more like their exes than like the woman they claimed to want. Demanding, belittling, pushy, overbearing, selfish, demeaning and cruel.

Like I told my current bf (and I've never had to work so hard to convince a man he could trust me, holy shit), the older I got, the older they'd get, and the more damaged they always seemed to be.

I had a friend for a while whose husband was great. Imperfect, of course, but the kind of man who helped around the house, worked hard despite a crushed-and-repaired leg (mining accident) that still pained him, and even scraped her windshield every morning before he'd leave for work, and she had nothing but complaints about him. I just wanted to shake her and tell her to count her blessings. And another friend's mother...the way she'd talk to her husband in public made me cringe.

It's really effing sad.

Shattershift · 2011-10-04T01:48:09+00:00

Good stuff, I like seeing this sort of thing from women.

Imightbeflirting · 2011-10-04T23:58:20+00:00

Hm. I suppose this is interesting enough, and an interesting point of view. The narrative being offered as well as the writer's incentive do not match up; that is to say, there's little going for her to not mean what she's writing. I think she's being honest. I wonder why this came about, what made this bashing acceptable?

Title	Shrews
Author	[deleted]
Upvotes	7
Comments	3
Date	October 3, 2011 4:45 PM UTC (14 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/kzhtt/shrews/
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