Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I've noticed this. Also, women with trust funds have husbands who are so in love. I'm sure those same women just think that they are #blessed. Money makes the world go round.
Ha! That’s funny. I think I’m what OP would consider “demanding.”
However, I came into my marriage with nothing and my family is poor. DH has a great job and a trust fund. No prenup. I think people like me figure out early on that if we don’t have standards, there is no back up plan. My choices are the only thing standing between me and extreme poverty. I have nowhere soft to land if I make a mistake. I also understood early on that who I married would be the biggest factor in my quality of life. Friends who put up with cheating, broke guys or abusive guys seemed to get a high out of beating the odds. Meaning the worse the situation, the more they were sure it proved they truly loved their man. No thanks.
Anonymous wrote:Because demanding women are assertive women and opposites attract. Their husbands are passive. Passive men are less likely to cheat because they don't have the gumption.
Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile, several mellow, fun, and easygoing women I know have been divorced, cheated on, and treated like crap.
Is this a Thing?
By demanding I don't mean bitchy so much as they rule the roost.
Anonymous wrote:I've noticed this. Also, women with trust funds have husbands who are so in love. I'm sure those same women just think that they are #blessed. Money makes the world go round.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So much self-congratulating going on in this thread!
I will say, most of my friends treat their husbands terribly, in ways I would never tolerate in their DHs' shoes and would never dream of treating my DH -- nagging them like toddlers over imaginary germs and inconsequential details, replying to everything in a snippy way, rolling their eyes at them to others, demanding to be waited on, always "having a headache" -- and none ever seem to pay a price. I assumed these are the type of pansy men who have midlife crisis affairs with anyone who blows sunshine up their ass, because they're so desperate for respect and admiration. But who knows?
Awww sounds like this thread hit a nerve with you and there's a lot of projection going on (or wishful fantasizing)![]()
Of course it's upsetting to watch people be rewarded for being unkind. Are you proud of it? (And if you're not unkind, then this wasn't about you.)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So much self-congratulating going on in this thread!
I will say, most of my friends treat their husbands terribly, in ways I would never tolerate in their DHs' shoes and would never dream of treating my DH -- nagging them like toddlers over imaginary germs and inconsequential details, replying to everything in a snippy way, rolling their eyes at them to others, demanding to be waited on, always "having a headache" -- and none ever seem to pay a price. I assumed these are the type of pansy men who have midlife crisis affairs with anyone who blows sunshine up their ass, because they're so desperate for respect and admiration. But who knows?
Awww sounds like this thread hit a nerve with you and there's a lot of projection going on (or wishful fantasizing)![]()
Anonymous wrote:So much self-congratulating going on in this thread!
I will say, most of my friends treat their husbands terribly, in ways I would never tolerate in their DHs' shoes and would never dream of treating my DH -- nagging them like toddlers over imaginary germs and inconsequential details, replying to everything in a snippy way, rolling their eyes at them to others, demanding to be waited on, always "having a headache" -- and none ever seem to pay a price. I assumed these are the type of pansy men who have midlife crisis affairs with anyone who blows sunshine up their ass, because they're so desperate for respect and admiration. But who knows?
Anonymous wrote:The demanding women are just babysitters. They monitor and schedule everything for their husbands so he doesn't have the chance to cheat.