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Old May 28, 2023, 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Samicat View Post
It was insensitive of her at best. I wonder if she was lashing out or just trying to think of things that were going well in her own life. It sounds best to minimize contact with her - if you can't get empathy from friends who can you go to?


Even as a teenager I disagreed so much with the idea that you need a man to have value. Statistically single women are happier. Marriage is no walk in the park - and many couples stay together for the wrong reasons. I've been in a bad relationship and I shudder to think if I didn't have the courage to leave. And my ex was not abusive, but it would still have been torment to stay with him (for one thing he did ZERO housework grrrrr).
I think she was lashing out, but yes, it was most certainly insensitive. I have 3 girlfriends I can go to for empathy now, and that's it.

Single women without kids are the happiest, I think is the statistic.
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