This is probably the greatest lesson my wife taught me...

Name: This is probably the greatest lesson my wife taught me...
Uploaded: 2025-02-19T18:18:29+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Vanessa Marin
Description: A short first-person reflection in which the speaker credits his wife with teaching him to question societal assumptions. The speaker explains that…

19 Feb 2025 · 0 min

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A short first-person reflection in which the speaker credits his wife with teaching him to question societal assumptions. The speaker explains that without her influence he would have followed conventional paths—climbing a corporate ladder, having children because of expectation, and suppressing passions like surfing—and that she helped him accept living "outside the box."

This is probably the greatest lesson my wife ever taught me. She taught me to question societal assumptions. If it weren't for her showing me it was okay to do life outside the box, I'd probably still be trying to climb the corporate ladder. I'd be grappling with my own masculinity relative to my somewhat more responsive drive. I wouldn't be pursuing my passions like surfing because I wouldn't think I deserved to. And I would have probably already had kids, not because I wanted to, but because I thought that's what you're supposed to do and what everyone else expected of me.