Random Thought - Saturday Edition:

Many women talk about how hard housework is, how difficult it is raising children, the mental and emotional labor they experience, and not being “heard” in marriage.

One could make the case that a MAJOR component of this is their own addictions. Many modern women are, or have become, addicted to:

• The party life
• Social media
• Attention
• Promiscuity (new dick)
• Dancing
• Male validation
• Female validation
• Freedom
• Laziness of youth
• Any one of a number of substances
• The unspecified “hope of the future” (see note below)

So a normal, stable, calm, wholesome, dependable, safe, financially sound life can seem like a prison to them; or as many women have claimed, "a slavery contract"

Reminiscing about the old days, college dorm shenanigans, and whatever her ex is doing to day is a form of self-harm. One could live with this, but the long-term consequences fall on the husband and children - not to mention entire families on both sides who are invested in the success of that marriage.

ALL that gets shattered by a woman’s addictions.

Addictions are ugly, capricious, cruel, and relentless. And some of the worst things an addict can do are:

• Deny the problem
• Hide, lie, obfuscate, deceive, omit information
• Ruminate on the past
• Put themselves in an environment where the addiction is readily available
• Framing the addiction as a form of personal freedom, and the person trying to help you as an oppressor (or controlling, or jealous, or insecure, or a narcissist, or a financial abuser, etc.)

I have no way to validate this, so let’s call it an anecdote - a pattern recognized by one man with an obvious axe to grind.

But now that I’ve put this out there, prove me wrong.

Cheers

DD