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At the time, she was a new mother, it was Y2K, so times were very different. She was still expected to make less than her husband, in fact, society would look down at her husband if she ended up making more. The thing about her husband, however, is that he was the worst. So when he told her that she should give up, settle for less, and that she simply could not achieve her dreams, she doubled down. Now, she wasn't just trying to achieve her goals for herself and her kids, she was also achieving them to throw a big ole metaphorically middle finger into the face of her soon-to-be ex-husband. And she did it! She not only got her dream job, she ended up making more than her now-ex. Can I get a, “girl power!” bestie?
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"The reason why my ex is my ex"
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Update:
New mother gets unintentionally inspired to find her dream job after ex tells her to give up, earns a higher salary than him: ‘And that is how my ex became my ex'
It has never been easy for mothers out there. We won't get into the politics of it all—but suffice to say, mothers do not get enough support. If you think you are showing enough support to the mothers in your life, you're wrong. They can always use more, from physically helping with them, like picking up groceries for them or carrying the stroller inside to emotional support where you can just be there and hold their hand while they vent about their ups and downs of motherhood. There is not end when it comes to being helpful with mothers.
So seeing a mother with a very bluntly unsupportive partner is extremely frustrating. They least you can do is shower her in encouraging words, but you choose to belittle her? To make her struggle even more as a mother? No thank you. People who do this to mothers are just insecure and projecting their own failures. Their intention is to make themselves feel better by making another feel bad. However, that can easily backfire—for example, this woman who was a new mother at the time and looking to start a fulfilling career. Her partner told her she couldn't do it, so she pushed herself to do it even more than before.