People Who Need People

Shelly cries me a river on Feminist Mormon Housewives:

He has excuse after excuse but the facts remain: He’s lied to me more than once. He goes to bars while away on business with strangers! While I stay at home with our beautiful baby, he puts his health in danger, his priesthood to the wayside, contradicts our temple promises to each other…. BUT I am supposed to be understanding and loving. Being understanding and loving makes me feel like a doormat (again) and I just want to be angry. I want an apology. I want the life back that I signed up for. I am sick of being the perfect, caring housewife who cooks his meals and does his laundry just to be treated with NO respect or concern. I’m so mad but I do still love him even though I don’t show him anymore. So please, give me some practical advice, no sermons needed.

Translation: “Waaah. Waaah. I want attention! Give me attention *now* because my marriage is falling apart!”

Those who rely on random people on the internet to provide moral support and advice in such situations are unfathomably weak individuals. With this brand of mentality, there is no doubt that Shelly will find herself in situations even worse than her current plight as she stumbles her way through life.

Fortunately for us, we have the intrepid writers at FMH to exploit Shelly (and others like her) as fodder for their estrogen-overloaded community.

They get to play Dr. Phil, she gets to be an attention whore.

I, on the other hand, get a cheap laugh and a pause to thank deity that I’m not tied down to one of these anti-depressant pill-popping lards.

It’s win, win!

August 16th, 2006 in Commentary |