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July 17, 2012

Brass Balls Award: Husband Sets Boundaries with Slacker Wife and Tells Her to Grow Up and Get a Job

 This article focuses on the recent stellar boundary setting of one of the Shrink4MenForum’s newest members. Let’s call him “Earl.” Earl joined the Forum primarily because his wife has been spending their family into debt. She’s also been chronically underemployed or unemployed, by her own choice, for the majority of their 15-year marriage. Naturally, Earl’s wife had a career […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Accountability, Financial Abuse, Professional Victims Tagged With: boundaries, entitled women, entitlement, financial abuse, financially irresponsible wife, hostile dependency, Shrink4Men Forum, stay-at-home-mom, women who refuse to work

May 25, 2012

Friday Funny: The Rules Don’t Apply to Me, A$$hole!

Entitlement and narcissism are on the rise in our culture. Every now and again, you get to witness what happens when entitlement and a lack of smarts collide. And that’s what happened at the Alamo Drafthouse last summer when an angry customer left an indignant, expletive riddled and hilarious voicemail to complain about being kicked […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: entitlement, humor

March 27, 2012

The Top 10 Reasons Why Men Should Avoid Princesses

Over the last 40 years or so, there has been a sharp rise in female entitlement. Many parents just love buying Disney princess costumes for their little girls. Alas, many of these junior princesses don’t leave the Princess Mentality behind with their childhoods. As adults, they expect grown men to treat them like “royalty.” A […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Dating, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Marriage, Negative Advocates, Relationship Advice, Relationships, Unhealthy Relationships Tagged With: dating, emotional immaturity, entitled women, entitlement, marriage, princess, princess mentality, relationship advice, relationships, spoiled brats

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