It’s old news that dating sites will tier subscriptions based on age and gender. On quite a few of them, older men pay more than younger women. This is for the same reason that there are ladies nights in clubs…you want to entice women to come so the men follow…

you tried to destroy her with pregnancy, but her life just kept on going. you tried to use her own body as a weapon against her, but you underestimated her. you tried to trap her, to barnacle her to you, to tell her that her soul was forever bound to…

You have an idea, but he says it’s no good. You help him build a business, and then he decides he can run it without you. You choreograph a dance, but he says it’s too silly to record. He rolls his eyes at your creations, then you win an award. …

You gotta be understanding, he doesn’t want dark children. He’s dark himself, so he needs a lighter wife. You gotta be understanding, he’s from a culture and a religion where abortion is wrong. That’s why you shouldn’t do it. You don’t want to break his heart. You gotta be understanding…

You don’t seem as concerned with the women who never get to finish school. You don’t seem to care about women who regret having kids, or regret not learning a certain craft or art. You don’t feel the regret of women who were told they couldn’t become scientists or doctors…

My home is your dream land. It’s where people go to find love, success, enlightenment, fame. My home is a nightmare politicians love to use and sneer at. It’s crime, it’s failure. God will surely strike this place down. That magical, evil place is where I go to lick my…

it’s worse when it’s no one’s fault. no one to blame, or sue, or curse. it’s just two people who couldn’t work it out. it’s just a sickness that impacts some people. it’s nothing you did, nothing you ate, no curse or hex or magic spell. it’s worse when it’s…

I remember your first date. You bought a Christmas tree on the street. He was tall and you were a wild woman. He wore shorts in winter and you were stylish. Those stylish trends are things of the past; they’re old now, and maybe in another ten years they’ll be…

i hated the way he said, “why do you care what these people think? you focus on the wrong shit” when you asked him to stop making a scene. i saw how humiliated and frustrated you were. i could see that you wanted to argue back, but didn’t want to…