Human behavior is not even remotely mysterious and once you recognize the patterns of behavior, it’s very easy to see the ways in which they play out, time and time and time again.
The female failure cascade is a fairly straightforward one.
Get bored living a safe and secure life with a husband.
Fall into an affair with a more exciting man.
Leave marriage for the more exciting man.
Discover that the more exciting man is not interested in living a safe and secure life as a husband.
It’s just so tedious seeing how so many women do the same thing and follow the failure cascade, all the while protesting that they never meant for any of it to happen even though an outside observer can predict the next steps in the process with almost perfect accuracy
“It’s not you, it’s me. I don’t know what it is, I’m just not happy.”
“I wasn’t looking to meet anyone, believe me. It just happened! And I’ve never felt like this before!”
“I don’t want to hurt anyone, but honestly, I don’t know if I ever really loved you. And you can’t expect me to give up what might be my one chance for true love!”
“You can’t leave me! Do you have any idea what I threw away for you!”
Keep this failure cascade in mind the next time you think your motivations and intentions are a mystery to others. The fact is that they’re usually quite transparent, and others often not only know what you’re doing, but why you’re doing it as well as what you’re going to do next
