Couple present with primary infertility.
Doctor: All your test results are fine. Bring your husband for testing.
Wife: Oh no, my husband is fine. He already has 2 children from his ex.
Doctor: I insist.
A few weeks later, it was discovered that the husband has Azoospermia.
Husband: It's not possible, I have twins.
Doctor: You should do a DNA test.
(Meanwhile, the wife had been called barren for 5 years)
Ok listen to me VERY carefully
1. You visit her one last time "to pick up your stuff"
2. You apologize to her parents that it didn't work out
3. You tell each parent what you learned from them and that you'll carry it with you for the rest of your life
4. They get a bittersweet feeling and will miss you
5. You make sure to remember their birthdays and send them a message on other holidays to make them never forget you
6. You are now the ex they'll compare every future boyfriend to
7. The expectations and the pressure will slow cook her subconsciously. She'll only bring bad options home.
8. They'll nag at her. "Leon was a good guy and you let him go" they'll say, sabotaging her future relationships further and slowly making her resent her parents
9. Her parents will start texting you, saying you were the best she ever brought home and that they'll miss you.
10. You say you're sorry, you really tried your best...but it takes two to make a relationship work
11. They start pressuring her to try again. She will decline at first.
12. After 10 more failed relationships and increased pressure from her parents, she gives in. She agrees to meet you once more.
13. You meet with her as a friend. You enjoy your meeting. You remind her of the good times you've had together. She starts to think "Maybe it just wasn't the right time"
14. She opens up to you, gives you another chance. You meet her a few times. Nothing happens. You are friendly but you keep your distance.
15. She finally falls in love with you. That's when you tell her you only view her as a friend and you can't stand her weird hairline. You leave and never look back
FIN
Everyone is celebrating this woman. I'm not.
Your husband is hurting. Visibly withdrawing. And for 4 days you cook, serve, and throw away food without once asking if he's okay?
That's not strength. That's indifference wearing a costume.
"You're not a baby", she said.
But marriage isn't about babies. It's about two people who chose each other. When your partner is struggling, even wrongly, you don't just watch.
A locked door still deserves a knock.
The scariest part?
She wasn't even angry. She wasn't hurt. She was just... unbothered.
You cannot wound someone who has already left emotionally. He wasn't punishing her. He was just finding out too late.
Men, stop celebrating women who "no send you." Because the same woman who won't chase you when you're acting up won't chase the marriage when it's falling apart.
Unbothered is not a wife trait. It's an exit trait.
Shalom ✌️ 🕊️
The internet constantly tells women that men are terrible listeners because the second a woman starts venting about her day, the man immediately interrupts to offer a logical solution. We are taught to view this as him being dismissive, emotionally unintelligent, or invalidating our feelings.
The strict, unpopular truth is that to a man, fixing the problem is his absolute highest, most desperate form of empathy.
Women vent to connect; we want our partner to just sit in the dark with us and validate the emotion. But men are hardwired to view the woman they love being in distress as an active threat. When he immediately offers a spreadsheet, a strategy, or a solution to your problem, he isn't trying to silence you. His brain has recognized that something in the world is hurting his partner, and his immediate, visceral instinct is to assassinate the thing causing you pain.
We constantly shame men for "not just listening," completely ignoring the fact that his attempt to fix your life is his most profound declaration of love.
The way I even started eating all the foods I avoided, when I began my fitness journey. Bread is really not the problem. Maybe if you eat 2 slices instead of 6-10 in one sitting, you’ll see a difference. 😭
My husband works 12 hours shift as an engineer and I school. I have to take care of 2 kids and carry the home front, at times, I would wake up as early as 4am to cook so that he can leave for work early and meet up his 6am clock in time. I will encourage him that this job is for the experience, ask him to ask questions on all the certifications he needs, and ask him to keep updating his CV on CV library so that better and less stressful companies will call him.
When he gets back, I ensure there is food for him, ask him to freshen up, we cuddle and discuss about our day while going to bed. If he needs happy hour, I give him. The circle continues till weekend when he has little free time to help me out with other things around the house.
At times, it gets so stressful for me, I will simply tell him or remind myself that his job is also very stressful, I know this because I care to know. Sometimes, when he becomes very demotivated at work, he gives me a call to talk about how he feels, we crack jokes or I send him some nasty messages that will get him anticipating his return home. Immediately he closes from work, he is home because he can rest easy, relax and be himself. Offcourse, he also goes out of his way to help out with chores and getting actively involved in running the home even when I don't ask him.
When we decide to be less selfish and put ourselves in our partner's shoes, life becomes more beautiful. If she was the one working, she would have demanded more from him. The fact that men are stronger, doesn't mean we should milk them dry, they are humans too, they also deserve pampering and considerate wives
1. Complement his outfit
2. Laugh at his jokes
3. If he's had a bad day, ask about it
4. Ask him to help you open a bottle of water or carry your bag because it's heavy and you can't carry it
5. Try to sit close to him or stand close to him
6. Find an excuse to spend time with...