Life is teaching me the law of detachment. enjoy people, moments and blessings while they’re yours but don’t lose yourself trying to make anything stay forever.
Now imagine a father does what these moms do.
Works 16 hours. Comes home to screaming kids, bills on the table, a wife nagging, house a mess. Sets up his tripod, starts crying on camera about how HARD fatherhood is.
What would the internet say?
"Man up."
"You chose to be a father."
"Should've picked a better wife."
"My dad did it without complaining."
"Weak."
He would be HUMILIATED.
But when a mom does it in full glam…lashes done, nails done, lip filler fresh with time to record, edit, add music, write a caption, and upload for validation...
She's "so brave." "So real." "Motherhood is so hard, queen."
Parenthood IS hard. But your kids didn't ask to be content.
If you had time for the lashes, nails, filler, tripod, edits, and hashtags, you had time to be a parent. You didn't need help. You needed ATTENTION.
You are not the main character anymore. You are somebody's MOTHER.
I think the reason men don’t relate to the postpartum conversation is because men are always expected to do things they don’t want to do and becoming a mother is one of the first times in women’s lives with a realize they have to do something that they don’t want to do…and There is nothing to fall back on or get out of it for the first time.
But for men This is often the norm.
Kane & Lynch 2 is a story about two fuck-ups on a journey to thoroughly ruin their lives and everything they ever set out to do, but they're also very fucking good at killing people. You're basically a cameraman witnessing two artists at work painting the world with blood
It's not because he loves her that much, it's because he's too tired to fight and figures the dishes will at least keep her quiet for his peace of mind and sanity after 2 jobs.
Jaylen Brown exposing the behind-the-scenes realities of the NBA. He says most players have handlers who won’t let them invest in their communities, and help build the next Black Wall Street. Once you start doing that, he says, they begin attacking you media personalities like Colin Cowherd push certain narratives, and media companies come after you simply because you want to create change in your community.