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“I didn’t marry a rich man.”
When @emmagrede met her husband, he was 29, self-made, and still building his career. Just like she was.
We rarely question when a man “marries well,” but we’re so quick to make assumptions about a woman’s success. They built our lives together. They backed each other, grew together, and created what they have side by side.
Now it’s time we retired that narrative for good.
Takeaways:
💭 Stop measuring a woman’s success by who she married
🧠 Strong partnerships are built, not inherited
⚡ They grew together that’s the whole story
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Transcript
I've been hearing a lot of noise around my husband and marrying somebody for money, which really, really drives me crazy. Because when I met my husband, he was 29 years good. Not rich because he's totally self made, didn't come from a wealthy family. And, you know, it's interesting because I heard so many amazing women talk online about the fact that a woman is always judged for marrying well, and we never ever talk about the man marrying well. And I actually think that both of us married quite well. And I wonder if that could even be a concept that we could come to. We both created our life, and we created a career, and we absolutely yes what it is that each other have. But to say I married a rich man is not just, like, completely inaccurate, it's just wrong. It's just completely wrong. It isn't the story. It didn't happen, and I'm putting it out there for the record because it really, really pisses me off.