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The LW's situation is just one more variant in a long line of distressed women with men who won't commit.
We ladies have made it way too easy for men to not have to bother to take us seriously, never mind cherish us. They dress up their reasons for keeping us at arm's length all kinds of ways: "I don't need a piece of paper," "I'm not ready yet," "I have to stay with my wife for my kids' sake," or in this case, "my parents won't like it." If we weren't so expendable, so pathetically easy to replace, there'd be a lot less of this. It comes in all colors, but it all adds up to one sad reality:
The sexual revolution has been one lousy deal for women.