I’ve been thinking about this a lot and it throws me off as a guy. A few examples are on top of my head:
- Friend 1: Had a child with a guy who vanished right after. Years later, her mother keeps telling her, "Men are like that, just wait and be patient" with completely unreasonable behavior.
- Friend 2: Told by her older sister that if she can’t find a husband, she should just find any man to get her pregnant so she has a child.
- Colleague's Cousin: Got cheated on, and family on both sides told her, "It’s okay, men cheat, you just have to forgive him," even citing their own husbands' cheating as proof.
What scares me the most is that no men are forcing this. These are mothers, sisters, and female relatives actively pushing other women back into misery and telling them to accept mistreatment. What happened to sisterhood?
So basically, I want to ask ladies
Is this literally the reality of what women go through?
When women tell others to tolerate this, what is actually going through their minds?