The Surprising Reality of Gold Digging
Does it really happen, and, if so, who does this?
There is nothing I love less than a tired, worn-out trope that actually holds no water but seems to get thrown around willy-nilly, mainly by very angry white dudes.
Usually, the trope is steeped in misogyny and does nothing more than feed a narrative that men solidly buy into that women are horrible creatures that exist on the earth merely to bring forth the downfall of men. Examples include: the crazy ex-girlfriend, the nagging wife, the gold digger.
However, if there is one thing that brings me exceptional joy, it’s debunking these tropes because I have learned over the years that much of what people emphatically preach as truth is, in actuality, not true.
As you may know, I have many things to say about singlehood and dating. I write and speak about it frequently.
My comments section is a hotbed of comments about how evil women are and how the world would be a much better place if women would just lower all of our standards so that mediocre men could continue to give minimum effort and still get showered with all the things they…
