Often we see women praise their significant other for their efforts financially and it rarely makes headline (except the usual ‘couple goals’ covetous retorts). Recently, a young man shared his relationship experience on Twitter. Praising the woman he’s about to marry for her efforts in supporting him financially.
I wanna share 10 things about this woman before we wed this weekend;
1. When I met her I had no place to stay. I was sleeping on a couch at a friend’s house. And she knew.
2. I found a place later on, and she helped paying my rent for months
3. She got me my first car ever. pic.twitter.com/YYKKTNUZgn— BOB PHONDO (@BobPhondo) 8 July 2019
As is usual for the fierce Twitter Street, a number of women disagreed with his ‘show’ of affection and praises, resorting to name calling. Their reasoning (which I find a little warped) hinges his actions as shameful and hers as clown-like. In other words, no woman should support her man to that degree.
While most of this reasoning is masked behind brokenness, I couldn’t help but wonder why these women hold so firmly that it as an eyesore for a man to be at the receiving end of his woman’s benevolence.
An argument raised by the antagonist camp was that in his entire state of bragging, he failed to mention her internal qualities. However, reading between the lines clearly shows that she is kind, thoughtful, patient and selfless. (But how can anyone miss this?)
Another argument was that it’s tricky; it may not always end well. Granted this happens more often than it should. However, do we stop living because people are dying? Do we stop loving and giving because people under-appreciate our efforts?
In a world where we clamour for equality, should it be unheard of for a woman to financially support her man? I think not. What do you think?