"Why Great Husbands Are Being Abandoned"

[DonCoquixote]

128. Sigh

Like many males, I get frustrated at times figuring women out, but that does not mean I start thinking I am entitled to them. There are many women who give so much to the husband that they get called "ideal wives", and lo and behold, when the men becomes middle aged and "finds himself" they get tossed out, usually for some "soulmate" that just happens to be barely old enough to buy beer. The difference is, women can play that game too, especially since much of what marriage is sold as is not a partnership, but ownership, or to quote Ambrose Bierce, Marriage gets defined as a master, a mistress, and two slaves, total people; TWO.

The sad fact is, it is possible to work in good faith, to make sincere efforts to do the right things, to burn every reserve of mental courage and tolerance you have, and still find that the "partnership" just will not work. No husband or wife should be demonized because they tried to make things work, and just ran into the brick wall of destiny.

And this whole article stinks of a false priviledge that if you do the right things, you will get what you want, including your "ideal wife."