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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/books/item_id/1096753-Independent-Lady/month/10-1-2024
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Rated: E · Book · Biographical · #1096753
Concerns about the inequality of being an independent woman.
I hate being an Independent Woman!
Whoever had the bright idea it might be the 'way to go' was either a masochist, a workaholic or a woman hater.
Now don't get me wrong.
I would be the first to throw myself under the hooves of a galloping horse, or chain myself to railings or even turn down nourishment if I thought it would make me equal in the eyes of the world to men.
Of course I would never have to do any of these things as I am more than equal.
I just do not want to be a mug, or be 'more' equal. Equality should not mean I have to do everything. Tidy the house and work full time. Care for the children and decorate the home. Fix the car, cook and clean.
Be a sex kitten in the bedroom and a finacial guru.
Of course I am both these things and the rest, but why do I get the feeling I have shot myself in the foot!
Lucky me gets the pleasure of organising and paying for everything.
I have to look good despite having less time in the bathroom to get ready, because my man is in there preening. I have to book the restuarant, choose the food, and pay the bill.
All this, and I am not even a control freak!
Am I so old fashioned that I crave a man to open a door for me or perhaps fight to the bar to order me a drink occasionally?
Am I so wierd that I appreciate a man walking next to the kerb, so his sword hand is free?
When a man says he wants to look after me,
should I not expect that may be in other ways other than to hold my hand or tell me he loves me?

Is it me?
Nobody said that to be equal I would have to be better than a man.
It does not seem fair.
Are my values so different?
Why am I always disappointed?
Are my expectations so out of whack?
Well, this baby is about to turn, lay down groundrules and ask for a bit more fairness and a bit less 'equality.' It obviously means something
different for others, or at the very least, I would get equal pay.
So, time to lash myself to those railings.

Come on if you are hard enough!!

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