October 8, 2018
Being A Woman Is An Amazing Gift

I consider myself a reformed feminist.  In my early twenties, I bought the hype that women who acted like men were sexy and empowered.  I told my husband proudly that I didn't NEED him, and he assured me he got that message when he had a series of affairs.  I got angrier and angrier, blaming him the whole time.  We divorced when he left me for a younger model when my son was 13.  

After he left, I met and married a great man.  It was from my now husband that I learned, while we were dating, the truth about men and women.  I learned that being a woman is an amazing gift, and that men are meant to be men.  I learned that being bitchy isn't sexy, and that being soft and sweet gets me adoration and comfort I only dreamed about.  I learned that being kind is more important than being right, and that letting a man open your car door is a way of making him feel like a real man.

My son is an adult now and is getting married soon to a sweet young lady, who I like a lot.  They talk about having kids, and their plan is for her to be a stay-at-home mom.  I've heard people question her about that choice, and I've flown to her defense.  I bought her The Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands as a shower gift.  It took ME fifty years to get this right, but my son and his fiancée already get it.  There's hope for the world!

Laura


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