Arabian Barbie. North African Princess.

Ambition is my drug

[withloveheart]

One of the best things I learned was that it was never too late to start over.

I've heard this being said before but it never really clicked until I met someone who embodied it fully and unapologetically. My Palestinian neighbors had a relative who I had always looked up to when I was in high school. She was smart, funny, loving, and most importantly knew her worth. Her worth wasn't spoken about. Never had I heard her utter things like "I'm confident" or "I know my worth" or anything else along those lines. However, she did embody it.

When I was in high school she was being courted by a man who seemed to adore her and shower her with love. From the outside looking in, he seemed enamored with her. At some point, she accepts to being his wife. They have a lovely engagement party. The wedding was going to be even better. So, imagine my surprise, and many others, when on the day of the wedding, as people are getting ready and making their way to the venue, the entire thing is called off. Money was already put in. Money they couldn't get back. The reason for calling off the wedding? This man began to insult her and make some interesting remarks and as a result she decided she wasn't going through the wedding. I don't know what was said but I do know her family made it clear that she should've worked it out rather than just leave especially on the actual wedding day. After all, what would people think? For those who don't know, plenty of Middle Eastern and North African cultures would view this as an issue. And I personally know many women who have had deep regrets over their marriage but were too worried about the stigma of canceling the wedding when it was so close and the potential of being seen as difficult or spoiled. Of course, this wasn't everyone but a good majority.

Seeing this very statement of "never too late to start over" be embodied by someone wholeheartedly really altered my perspective when I was younger. I also got to see first hand the strength it requires to start over while everyone around you is judging your very decision. Thanks to her I grew up with a solid example to follow and have tried my best to have this attitude with everything in my life. Personally, it has paid off well.

[glowdiamond]

men are historically the most successful gold diggers

don't let social media distract you, male loneliness this, male isolation epidemic that, men in 2024 are thriving beyond our wildest dreams

and while a casual scroll on tiktok will have you thinking all women are cold hearted gold diggers who are rolling in money the fact is

for every woman who has the game down, who moves strategically and is actually financially benefiting from men

there's approximately a thousand d*ckmatized, pick me women, who are not only being used by men but paying for it too

a man in 2024 has all the options he wants, if he looks hard enough there'll always be a willing victim, who'll put out for free, house his hobosexual self, birth him children he doesn't deserve and cook, clean while he lays around playing video games all day

if you don't trust me, take a stroll through reddit, lipstick alley or any forums where women come to seek advice

in my own family, i know of three grown adult men who are "stay at home fathers", no job, no cooking or cleaning duties, all of them married to women who earn more than them, one got his wife to buy him a car, and the other moved to europe because his wife has a european passeport

talk about hitting the jackpot

while men come on the internet to cry about gold digging and women being self centered

they are turning around and using the same techniques and guess whaat, they are getting better results

men are genuinely living the soft feminine life, and now that they've gotten a taste, they don't want to go back

even celebrities, look at lana del rey and adele who ended up with random dudes no where near where they are in terms of wealth, and their looks dont even make up for it too,

lana's man who's some random alligator tour guide was engaged to a woman 12 years prior to meeting lana and of course he jumped on the opportunity to be with a wealthy woman, ariana's current bf had a wife and a kid who is under 1 when he decided to pursue ariana and leave his family

the amount of women i know who are fully providing for their household , im talking rent groceries, bills trips etc, while their husband has been "unemployed" for years,

when men get a taste of being provided for they dont want to go back, and so many women are so desperate for any male presence that they'll literally pay for it

next time you feel guilty about being selfish, just remember that there's a man out there living the soft life you want and he's not planning to step up at all

[srirachamami]

accepting what you look like is an act of self love.

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode nationale, no. 22, 5 juin 1897, Paris. No. 14. — Petite mante. No. 17. — Mante. No. 21. — Collet mante. No. 23. — Mante. Bibliothèque nationale de France

No. 14. — Petite mante en soie brochée rose sur beige, froncée sur les épaules et remonte dans le haut par un collet formé par des feuilles de satin noir, avec broderies de jais en dessus, petite dentelle autour des feuilles, autour du cou grosse ruche retenue par une draperie de mousseline de soie enroulée et nouée en gros nœuds sur les côtés.

No. 14. — Small pink-on-beige embroidered silk mantle, gathered on the shoulders and raised at the top by a collar formed by black satin leaves, with jet embroidery above, small lace around the leaves, around the neck large ruffle held by a drapery of silk muslin rolled up and tied in large knots on the sides.

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No. 17. — Mante de drap gris allant plus bas que la taille, montée sur un col Médicis doublé de dentelle blanche; devant, longs revers brodés de soutache noire, même broderie dans le dos.

No. 17. — Gray cloth mantle reaching below the waist, mounted on a Medici collar lined with white lace; front, long lapels embroidered with black soutache, same embroidery on the back.

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No. 21. — Collet mante de soie brochée vert amande et rouge montée sur haut col Médicis doublée de dentelle; dans le bas, ceinture corselet à revers faisant la mante courte sur le devant.

No. 21. — Collar of almond green and red embroidered silk mantle mounted on a high Medici collar lined with lace; at the bottom, corselet belt with cuffs making the short mantle on the front.

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No. 23. — Mante de satin vert bouteille montée sur col Médicis, coupé de créneaux doublés de pattes de velours noir, mante à pointes devant et dans le dos, avec grands revers de velours.

No. 23. — Bottle green satin mantle mounted on a Medici collar, cut with crenellations lined with black velvet tabs, pointed mantle in front and back, with large velvet lapels.

[lesbianrey]

i think……..one of the many problems in how sex is perceived in society is that we seem to think its this isolated “skill” like people are very anxious about getting experience or practice or whatever wrt sex but that’s not really how it works, it’s fundamentally an expression, a conversation; two-sided, subjective, situational, and figuring out what works for everyone involved, as opposed to being just another objective talent to master for all situations as if its one-size-fits-all without consideration to your specific partner

[daily-spooky]

Vampire outfits🦇 @annalysetaylor

[cyberxbattalion]

[stardust-swan]

Current mood ✨

[squidrifica]

[anomalysbane]

Once you start seeing how often women are used as shock absorbers in our society, you'll never stop seeing it. It happens in every way, emotionally, physically and sexually.

Just think, how many men come home and take shit out on their wife? How many men with violent tendencies take it out on prostituted women? how girls are put in classes with rowdy boys at the expense of their own studies, how many women are in the service industry, at call centers, how high the domestic violence rates of police officers is, how many women bend over backwards to take on the emotional needs of men, the list goes on and on

[avelin-o-blog]

[daily-spooky]

Them >>>> 🖤

[piscesarchivee]

to tell a story in the form of flowers, what would i say?

[incilerden]

[free-my-mindd]

[morsaclizombi]

[foxeia]

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