In a narrative out of Dallas, TX, 28-year-old Maria Haskell has spent the final week post-election comforting all the males in her life concerning the unlucky lack of her personal rights.
“I haven’t actually even had time to course of the information myself,” Maria advised reporters. “I’ve been listening to my male pals’ lamentations concerning the subsequent 4 years just about nonstop since Trump was elected. I haven’t even had time to begin to make a recreation plan for if I really must get an abortion within the coming years, however Dan actually wanted a hug immediately, I assume.”
Maria advised reporters that it’s not that she enjoys listening to the boys in her life complain about points that truly influence her straight, she simply feels obligated to shoulder the burden of the emotional labor in all of her relationships with males, platonic or in any other case.
“I feel I’ve simply been socialized to prioritize different’s emotional well-being over my very own,” Maria mentioned. “I all the time make certain to make it clear to my pals that I’m out there in the event that they want care, consolation, or just a listening ear. My feminine pals have responded in type, and my male pals have barraged me with texts, telephone calls, and random conspiracy theories over espresso for the higher a part of the final week.”
After a quick speculative pause, she added, “Now that I give it some thought, I don’t suppose any of my man pals have really requested me how I’m doing.”
When requested whether or not they’d given Maria an opportunity to vent her frustrations –– and even let her know that they’re out there if she wanted somebody to speak to –– Maria’s male pals have been at a loss.
“I didn’t understand that was one thing she would want, and even need,” mentioned Maria’s roommate, Aaron MacDonald. “She’s simply such an excellent listener, I simply by no means assumed she had something to say. Plus, I simply have all these emotions, you recognize?”
As of press time, Maria had advised her male pals she was now not out there to hearken to them, as she was now busy processing her personal feelings and making a tangible plan for the way she’s going to method the subsequent 4 years. She additionally wished to make it clear that she would solely be out there to hold if they’d be offering meals, drinks, or, on the very least, their streaming passwords.
“It’s the least they will do,” she mentioned.
