I Would Never Do This for a Man Again
It changed the trajectory of my life
I’m newly married when my husband asks me a question. I wish I had thought twice about it. I didn’t. I can’t even blame him. It was in my nature to fix, and rescue.
“Will you quit your job, and build the business with me?” he asks.
“Yes,” I say.
And just like that, in a moment…
I walked away from all of my own ambitions.
For a man.
Why? Because to me he wasn’t any man. He was my college sweetheart, my best friend, and the love of my life. There was nothing I wouldn’t do for him.
It didn’t seem like a sacrifice.
It certainly didn’t appear to be the massive sacrifice that it actually was.
And it wouldn’t have been.
If he had been fair.
Men and women alternate wants, and needs throughout the entirety of their relationships. It’s a push and pull. It’s a relay between two individuals who should give when necessary, and take when needed.
It shouldn’t be an extreme.
It shouldn’t be ‘the giver’ and ‘the taker.’
