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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/style/modern-love-men-where-have-you-gone-please-come-back.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Wonder what posters here think of this and if things are equal in dc or no?

I would be curious if the author, in addition to her anecdotes, talked to 24, 34 and 44, and 64 year olds. 
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:roll: This yearning for "real men" [to return] has been a trope for generations. Example, in the mid 1990s there was this Grammy-nominated top 10 song "Where Have All The Cowboys Gone" by Paula Cole:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUmKUWzbDxg[/youtube][/quote]

What a throwback. Is this the original trad wife song? “I’ll do the laundry if you pay all the bills” and she calls that “her happy ending” fantasy. I’m surprised this hasn’t yet been a hit country cover song in 2025. [/quote]

The lyrics in the last verse of this song are not positive. I don't think it's the tradwife anthem it appears upon superficial glance. [/quote]

NP. I don’t know the song, but that reminds me of a woman named Terry Hekker, who I was reading about just yesterday. She wrote a relatively famous book in the 70s about the joys of being a SAHM. Then, on their 40th wedding anniversary, her husband demand a divorce so he could marry someone younger. Her second book was (literally, and hilariously) called “Disregard First Book.”[/quote]

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