…. some women take their cheating husbands/boyfriends back.

I think there’s something about us women, some Martha Stewart Weddings part of us that refuses to admit your marriage/relationship failed. It’s not a male ego thing, but I think it’s more than that. Somehow when men proclaim they’re single again, it’s a “Welcome back to Bachelorhood!” clap on the back, but when women past a certain age admit to a friend they met on the street “Oh, we’re divorced/we broke up”, they get a pitying “Aww, that’s too bad!” or a “What a shame!” with a sad smile and her fingers already on the keypad of her phone, waiting to spread the gossip.

We don’t like admitting our relationship failed. Maybe it’s because it makes us look like a woman who couldn’t keep her man happy. Maybe it’s because it looks like it’s our fault the relationship didn’t work. Oooh, she was too clingy, ooh, she pushed him away.

Maybe that ties in with the theory that women always date the bad or troubled boys because we like fixing things. Kinda like an “Oooh! New project!” moment, I suppose.

… maybe?

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