I still DO NOT understand how so many of you were hoodwinked into believing the government should not use the money you pay in taxes to create a social safety net that benefits you, fund public healthcare, lower housing costs, and make daily life more affordable.
An hour later, my coworker dropped his laptop on HR's desk with a standard two-week notice, effective immediately.
He looked at me on his way out and said:
"If they pay you in promises, you should only deliver illusions. Let him manage the reality when he gets back."
I told yall it was a literacy issue and everyone wanted to rip my head off. Back in the day, rappers had vast and diverse vocabulary. They used figurative language, and literary devices. And this is not about AAVE, because that’s a dialect. the new cats are vastly illiterate.
MEN really are quick to say, “not all men.”
until…
• their WIFE has a male best friend.
• their GIRLFRIEND grabs lunch with a male coworker.
• a grown man starts chatting with their TEENAGE DAUGHTER at the mall.
• they have a BABY GIRL and suddenly see the world differently.
then, all of a sudden, they KNOW MEN. they UNDERSTAND THE RISKS. they finally see why WOMEN ARE CAUTIOUS. funny how AWARENESS shows up when it becomes PERSONAL
“Withholding sex” is one of the most revealing phrases men use, because it assumes sex was already his and she’s refusing to release it.
Watch what usually comes before it. He did the dishes. He paid a bill. He quoted religion. He acted sad. He found a dozen ways to frame her body as the reward for his effort.
But the question is simple. Did she want him in that moment?
If the answer is no, she wasn’t withholding. She didn’t have desire to give. She was angry, hurt, exhausted, disconnected, repulsed, unseen. And women have been so trained to believe refusal is cruelty that they’ll force themselves through sex they don’t want just to avoid being called abusive.
That is the sickness underneath the whole argument.
Men call it “withholding” because “she doesn’t want me” requires self-reflection.
“Withholding” lets him stay entitled.
Can we talk about how women are literally learning carpentry and calling it ‘DIY’ projects because if they called it carpentry projects men would be in an absolute uproar. I see women on here all the time literally tear holes out of their walls and completely redo it into a shelf and then get made fun of by men who 100% couldn’t do it with that amount of precision. that’s insane skills IMO. Props to yall baddies.
I saw on TikTok where a girl planned a surprise anniversary trip for her boyfriend. She saved for months, booked a small beach resort, decorated the room with their photos, and wrote him a long letter about how much she loved him and believed in him. She was shaking when she gave it to him because she really put her heart into it.
He skimmed the letter, said “Thanks, babe,” and spent most of the trip on his phone playing games and talking to his friends. She kept smiling in the video, but later admitted in the comments that she cried alone in the bathroom that night.
And honestly? That’s when I realized: some men don’t hate romance. They just don’t care enough about you to try.
Just a quick reminder that the man who "goes to work to support his family" is sacrificing nothing and would still have to work without a family.
He'd have more disposable income, sure, but a man who has a family to support has chosen to spend his disposable income on the privilege of having a family. It's an exchange, not a sacrifice, and it's an exchange that heavily favours him because if men had to pay professionals to do the labour their wives are doing, most men couldn't afford it.
Advice for the sisters. Never take males seriously. Every insult and accusation from a male will almost always be a self reflection of their own failures. It is all a projection. Stop trying to prove your worth to them. Stop giving them attention.
it escalates into something much worse.
Teach your sons that rejection is a part of life.
Teach them that nobody owes them a relationship, attention, or affection.
And teach them that anger, embarrassment, and heartbreak are never excuses to intimidate someone, destroy their property, or ignore their boundaries.
Too many girls are taught how to protect themselves, while too many boys are never taught how to accept “no” with respect and move on.
imagine being told to control yourself and being compared to a 40 year old and a 60 year old women as a not even 20 year old who’s only had a period for not even a decade yet.
The problem was realizing she had spent years helping build a life that no longer had room for her in it.
People called her selfish when she eventually left.
Others called her ungrateful.
But exhaustion doesn’t always look like anger.
Sometimes it looks like finally noticing how lonely you’ve been.