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carrying more of the emotional load of our marriage, but it took time and work. You remember two years ago, when I kicked him out?�
“That’s right. So you’re not alone. Guys do this. They mess
up, and they’re usually clueless at first as to how. Most men aren’t taught to introspect on relationships. They’re taught to drag race for the girl, then once they have her, to hit cruise control. I mean, not all men. But enough of them that there’s a precedent.�
“I can’t say they’re happy. Complacent, maybe?� “Complacent,� I say, tasting it sour on my tongue. “Fuck that.� “Oh, you know I agree.�
“This idea that you’re all on your own, that your financial success or failure equates to your success or failure as a man. It’s seriously damaging, and it’s the lie that an oppressive capitalist patriarchal society wants us to live enslaved to.�
