MRS. T. writes:

Eva Woods does not have the capacity for self sacrifice.

In the article she mentions a beautiful wedding held inside a 15th-century castle in Ireland. They took exotic vacations and owned a beautiful home. However one thing is glaringly obvious: No children. It is a shame because motherhood could have slowly chipped away at her debilitating ego.

Several of her friend’s marriages also failed around the same time. Again, there are no children. I’m starting to see a pattern.

I will be 32 this year. Tomorrow we celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary, at home with our five children underfoot. My husband recently lost his job, so our celebrations will be small but heartfelt.

The funny thing is, amidst the uncertainty we currently find ourselves in, I’ve never felt closer to my wonderful husband. I am more than convinced that allowing Christ in our marriage and welcoming the children He sends our way to be the very foundation our happiness is built upon.

Woman like Eva Woods sadden and frustrate me. I’m sad for them because they have been lied to by our culture, but frustrated by their herd mentality and lack of fortitude.

However, something must be ticking inside Eva Woods. Something is gnawing at her conscience. Why else would she have felt it necessary to publicly expose her failures?

Laura writes:

I am very sorry about the loss of your husband’s job.

Thank you for your great points. However, I kind of doubt anything is gnawing at Eva Woods’ conscience. Confessional writing is the norm. Narcissism is the literary norm. She was, I suspect, just earning a few bucks by telling her story.

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Penelope writes:

I really wanted to respond to this post, but I had to force myself to actually read Eva Wood’s article (Cringe). I did it and I agree where are the children? However, what I also note is although Eva now has a partner and a ‘wonderful life’, – what about all the 30-year-old divorcees who are not so lucky?

I only recently got married at age 35, after failed relationships, attracting the wrong men and having general difficulty, having grown up in the age where I was never taught to date. At 33 I read the book, “Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough” by Lori Gottlieb and it changed my life. I focused on finding a kind man who was financially responsible and NOTHING ELSE.

This idea may be shocking to many, but that was my sole criteria to keep going on dates with a man. I ended up marrying a wonderful man, who has many other fine qualities, but whom I would not have selected if I had based it on more than these criteria, initially. Simply because it took a lot of time, several months and even years to discover all of his amazing qualities.

So for all of these girls thinking how great it is to divorce at 30 and find another man, well they should read that book because the reality is the pickings get slimmer and slimmer. You must become less picky as each year passes, rather than continuing to hold out for ‘the one’.

Eva Woods may have landed on top, but I highly doubt her divorced friends feel the same. They are probably 37, single and wondering why they can only find dates who are over 45, bald, divorced and don’t want more kids. When they do find a date I imagine them going home to their cat and comparing him to their ex-husband, thinking, “Well maybe the ex’s gum chewing wasn’t so bad compared to tonight’s date flossing at the dinner table.” Meanwhile, their ex-husbands are also 37, but dating never-married, slim, pretty 30-year-old’s who can’t understand why someone ever divorced them. Now that is reality.

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