I heard an advertisement on the radio today that fell in line with what Tiffany is trying to encourage people to believe. The Ad had a woman talking about raising her kids and said something like, “Even the big one I call my husband”. This is part of the common view that I am trying to demystify. The view that says that a husband is like another child to raise and women have to be independent, strong and never ask for help or complain about being overwhelmed.
Of course, I’m not saying that women in a position of being stretched to a breaking point should lose sleep and find time to date. There are times in our lives when we simply have too much on our plate and it would be unfair and counterproductive to bring anyone else into the equation. THAT, I understand.
What I don’t understand (and probably never will) is how I can be viewed as such a burden when I consider myself to be very self-sufficient. I am raising a daughter on my own, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, working and (occasionally) managing to pay my bills. I’ll admit that I sometimes leave the toilet seat up but I don’t think that is really a deal breaker.
Considering what I believe that I have to offer, I am insulted that there are women who believe that a man is simply another child to raise. My whole point was that (and this may be a catch 22) you may have more time to date if you had someone to take out the trash, mow the lawn, share the cooking and cleaning, etc.
Women seem to like “bad boys”. They are unpredictable, exciting and hard to obtain. It’s a thrilling adventure to try and catch a wild bad boy and mold him into the man of your dreams, a faithful and honest partner in life. Where a decent man with morals, a job and stability is more like asparagus. He may be good for you but simply lacks flavor.
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