Do you know what being a woman, a wife, and a world champion have in common?
They’re all a blessing and a curse.
For the first one, Gemini, Aurora, and Ms. Kane, you are well aware of the sugar-laced poison we have to deal with for simply being members of the fairer sex.
The gods flipped their coins the days our parents created us and these are the forms we were given.
I don’t have to tell you about the dance of being targeted by men, the majority of those you don’t want to give an ounce of attention to.
I don’t need to inform you of the whiplash effect of being attracted to a person who on one hand will protect you from everything he can while simultaneously being the person most likely to dispose of you in the most vicious of ways.
The blessing is that we get to be taken care of beyond childhood, the curse is that we have to be.
As for being a wife, that is a world you might have thrust upon you some day.
As for blessing or curse, the similarities of being a woman versus a wife are obviously comparable, the main difference is that the pool of men who affect your daily life greatly reduce themselves to one man who can build you up or shatter you and the fun part is you can never predict which one.
Even the most beautiful of marriages have that dreadful feeling that one day, everything you worked for, everything you cherish, your entire life and the person you built it, everything could come crashing down without a modicum of warning.
On the other side of the coin is that the worst of marriages can end just as quickly and for the poor woman caught in that trap, that reality is the silver lining of her cloudy life.
The blessing of a good marriage is obvious, the curse is that it can end.
The curse of a bad marriage is just as obvious, the blessing is that it can end.
If any of you find yourselves promised forever, know it’s a promise either side can break.
As for world champion, everyone assumes it’s a blessing but this belt is a gilded noose for anyone trying to hold it for long.
Being targeted as a woman or being desired as a wife is at worst appreciated with a feeling of disgust mixed in, at least it’s you they desire, there’s an ego boost built into that interaction.
Not as a champion, they don’t desire me, they don’t give a damn about me, all they want is what I have. There’s no promise of protection with this, only destruction at the end of the road.
For the blessing it seems to be, it’s a curse with a beautiful aesthetic.
You three only know the mixed blessing of being a woman.
Think twice about trying the other two.
Before you try to be what I am or take what I have, marriage or title, be sure you really want it because if your heart isn’t set on it, it will never happen for you.