(ETA: Guys, we have all had bad experiences with some women. But keep the comment decent. Please, like the ones that have been deleted, don’t go too far over the line.)
Got a kid that hangs out with the old guys at the airport sometimes. He’s learning a valuable, but VERY painful lesson.
Not about planes, mind you, but about life…and women.
Ferinstance… He’s learning:
If you do something wrong in a relationship with a woman, if she thinks it is bad enough (or simply is feeling pissy that day) then she will never forget it. (She may forgive, but probably not). She’ll probably never forget either way.
Yet everything you do that is good for a woman is easily (and frequently) quickly forgotten and ignored in the balance of things.
Bought her jewelry? Yeah. that was yesterday. Spent money you couldn’t afford on something she wanted…..Meh.
Took her on a trip? Yeah, that was then. Took care of her parents, or family? Yeah, that was so last year.
Worked 70 hour weeks to pay for the house she wanted….She forgot about that.
Held her, protected her, comforted her in a bad time, yeah, that is in the past.
Committed to her, chose her and only her as your only one? Yeah that was then.
Gave her your love and devotion and fortune? Yeah, so what. ….yesterday.
Funny how ungrateful and unrepentant a women can be once she already has the gain from it…and/or no longer needs you. …or desires your presence,… Once she decides, then nothing is the past really holds any value. All discarded like trash. (but she won’t give the jewelry or other material possessions back, either)
My younger friend is learning this lesson (and bleeding for it) right now. She can’t even behave towards him as she would like him to behave towards her….that double standard that women always seem to have…..
He’s amazed how very, very little all the things he did right (then) actually matter (now). It’s killing him. He thought doing the right things and sacrificing and things that made her happy might get him a tiny bit of gratitude. Poor dude. This divorce may break him…and not financially.
Out of the 10 of us who were there listening to his tale of woe, none of us, not one, could say that their experience was actually that different. 80 years old to 30 years old, wealthy or not, we all had to learn how ungrateful and short term women can be. And how cruel their behavior can be.
It’s no wonder that young men today are simply going their own way. They see….they notice. Things like the internet make it harder for women to hide their behavior.
One of the old gents said ” Son, if you treat a dog decent, they’ll remember that and at least be nice to ya and probably not bite you…. probably stick around….. Not so for other critters…better you learn that lesson sooner than later”.
No one could argue with that. Sad reflection on women, really. At least she didn’t trap him with a kid. But she’s gone, he’s heartbroken.
I feel for the kid.