being married is funny because you'll be chilling, having a bowl of cereal, and your wife will say
i hate these bowls, don't you?
and you'll shrug becuase you don't care and she'll say
i do, they've bothered me for a while now. we need new bowls.
and you'll shrug again because you have honestly, not once, ever considered the bowls at all
then a few days later there will be all new bowls in the kitchen.
and you'll be eating the same cereal in a different bowl, chilling, and she'll say
i love these new bowls
and you'll shrug again because you still don't care but she's happier and the cereal is still good and you didn't do anything at all
Wives ARE status symbols.
I’m sorry that so many of you can’t handle that truth, but it’s just the way it is.
Men with wives are automatically seen as more trustworthy and stable.
Men with hot, well cared for wives are automatically seen as more affluent and powerful.
A wife is the most powerful status symbol there is because anyone can make payments.
But you succeed in making a woman thrive? You provide what she needs not only physically, but mentally and emotionally too? And it shows because she loves you back and is willing to express that physically?
You’ve won.
A wife is an outward representation, she reflects what few other things can, her husband’s character.
Le prof m’a demandé de citer 4 dates qui ont marqué l’humanité.
J’ai répondu :
24 juin 1987
16 octobre 2004
18 décembre 2022
et peut-être le 19 juillet 2026.
Il m’a regardé puis il a compris
All the sleepless nights and struggle finally paid off for Chris Gardner. Rock bottom is just the foundation for your comeback. 💪
One of the most satisfying movie ending in cinematic history 🙌
9 years ago, i watched a guy get fired for doing the right thing... he built the team, trained everyone, fixed the messes, stayed late, took no credit. the kind of employee companies claim they value.
then he questioned a policy that was quietly screwing junior staff, didn’t insult anyone, didn’t shout. he just asked why... two weeks later: HR invited him and served him some papers saying he’s not a culture fit... then laptop seized, access cut. goodbye.
the manager who created the policy got promoted, the company posted a linkedin thread about psychological safety... bro lost his job for speaking up.
in most companies and workplaces, ethics are tolerated until they challenge authority... you can be loyal, competent and ethical but none of that matters once you threaten someone’s power, ego or comfort.
the system will protect itself first, always and people are replaceable but control is not.
Fathers don’t post 50 selfies with their kids every week.
They just quietly renew the car insurance at 2 a.m.
Skip their own doctor’s appointment so the school fees can be cleared, and still say I’m fine when you ask how work was.
That’s the love no one talks about.
When a woman in her thirties or forties wakes up, realizes she feels unfulfilled in a stable marriage, and decides to blow up her entire life to "find herself," society throws a parade for her. She gets a book deal, a podcast, and absolute applause. Her choice to abandon her vows in pursuit of her own personal happiness is framed as a brave, empowering, Eat Pray Love awakening.
But if a man wakes up at forty, realizes he has spent the last two decades working a soul-crushing job he hates purely to fund everyone else's lifestyle, and decides he wants to finally live for himself? He is absolutely demonized. He doesn't get a parade; he gets diagnosed with a "pathetic midlife crisis." He is labeled a selfish monster who abandoned his post
After you get married, you’re going to meet ‘better’ people than your spouse. You’re going to meet more good-looking people; kinder and more romantic people; more intelligent and funny people. You will meet people who have in abundance what your partner lacks. The mushy and romanticized idea that your partner will be everything to you, and will satisfy all your needs and wants is idolatry. Contentment in marriage is a virtue not often spoken about.
You must wake up every day appreciating everything your partner is to you, everything they have, their beauty and the things that made you marry them because if you focus on everything they don’t do well, you’ll always meet better people. Protect your heart! See their best part, and always remember that your commitment to marry is more of a duty than it is of mushy feelings. You have to stay committed even on the days you feel your spouse is no longer the best fit for you…
-Buchi