Anwar White explains why some men resent women's success, from mocking nicknames like "big money" to repeated put-downs disguised as jokes. She warns against negging and shares how her ex-husband's comments mirrored the damage of an over-critical parent.
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JB Said, I love that my ex husband resented my success. A lot of these men will resent you for being successful because you might be more successful than they are. So when he starts to nag your accomplishments or if he starts calling you big money or, you know, sugar mama or anything, even if it's like funny and teasing.
All jokes have truth to it. Catch that. One of the biggest things that I'm seeing recently is that there's a lot of, like, negging going on. Just like the small cuts, but because you all are so tough, because we've had.
Over critical mothers, like, compared to that, it doesn't seem like a lot. And so it's really important to understand what if a guy says anything and it makes you do one of these?