Playahs and low self esteem

[LargoKitt]

I'm wondering if the 'distaff' writers on this site have made some good stories about regular women getting past the BS of their 'playah' boyfriends. Call me naīve but I was 'hearing' one of those 'cracked record' tropes where the guy is saying, "Oh, baby, don't be like that. It didn't mean nothing. I was just ____ and she was there. Oh, I'll make it up to you. You know at the end of the day you are the only one..." And other tap dances. I realized that so many ordinary women, connected with ordinary guys, have a gremlin in their heads that whispers, "Stick with him. You are lucky to get anyone at all. Better a scoundrel than nobody." And other ill winds. Love to see lots of stories where a woman finds...not Mr. Right (or Ms, Right) but the savvy to know she is not 'less than' and 'lucky to get'.

 

[NotWise]

Not sure that as an adult I've known many women who would stick by a guy that broke the understandings of their relationship. Women I've known are generally independent and have enough confidence in themselves to go their own way when they need to.

Have I written a story specifically about that? Not that I recall.

 

[TheRedChamber]

I remember reading a story here that started with the wife MC kicking her husband out for cheating, taking a long bubble bath and then dating Mr Perfect. The sex was good for her but it was just as much about how well things worked out - the neighbours all agreed she should have done it years ago, her kids all loved Mr Perfect etc. It was very obviously a catharticly written piece.