One example of a monogamous marriage not going too well might be my brother Van and his wife Jessica. Lately, and more so right at this moment, I've been really pissed at Jessica for how she talks to my brother. He's one of the most mild-mannered, loving, polite, caring guys I know. And even if he weren't my brother, I'd think so.
Today he texted some of the things she's said to him, berating him for his supposed lack of fatherly and provider skills, almost bordering on verbal abuse. She's chipping away at his self-esteem and deflecting from herself any responsibility for their marital problems. In short, she's a spoiled brat bitch.
Van goes out of his way to spend time with his kids, probably spending more with them than she. But she earns more than he, and somehow this makes her feel she can dominate him.
And Spencer's convinced she's already cuckolding Van, while she's "working late," "at the gym," or on a "girls' night out." Besides that, he thinks she's mentally unbalanced.
Anyway, I just had to vent on this topic, especially when various columnists see monogamy as the only way for close, caring commitment. In my brother's case, he seems trapped in a shooting-gallery of verbal barbs, with his wife determined to deflate any sense of self and esteem right out of him.
I fart in her general direction.
~Pym
very interesting......
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