2025-08-11

The deals we make

• When I’m surprised about the people have paid to get what they want, I have to remind myself that none of us play with same hand nor for the same goal
• In the same way that a woman from a poor country marries her family to security, there are women who go for the plain ‘safe’ guy because he will provide the basis upon a which a life can be built - neither of those deals are particularly palatable but taste comes from experience (and privilege)
• The ones who can hold out are the ones who feel they can afford to