Is there any exception to the FDS rule of "never struggle with a man as he will lose respect for you"?

This is a very caste and culturally specific case of the woman proving to be a good business investment and a useful story for him to repeat of his business acumen or some BS like that.

Really read that again because this nonsense is no love story. This reads as very disrespectful of her personhood, like she didn’t deserve any courtship and he was the prize.

Bhavesh Aggarwal is only 37. We don't know the future.

Rowan Atkinson divorced his wife after 24 years for a younger woman who he was intermediately with after the divorce. There's a reason First Wives club is a cultural idea.

Looking for exceptions will give you false hope. Oh, that guy made me gain hope for every single man because of his exemplary behaviour. See, that man represents all men and all men will be faithful and stay with you and reward you for your struggle love.

See men for who they are, not who you hope them to be. Or what the man's potential could be.

Troll post? He probably stole his wife's idea and presented it as his. He clearly gained more from this relation. Just because he is now a CEO doesn't automatically make him a HVM

The rules exist for a reason---tried and true. If he really loves you he can come find you once he has made his way up in the world...

Sure they got married, but do we know how he treats her inside the house?

This story also supports the harmful trope of "making women bust their ass for men to get chosen by them" ; which is then used by scrotes to make their gfs or women with a crush perform all sorts of labour for them.

So, if this man is treating her well and they doing well as a couple, good. But he will be one of the rare ones to do so. Even then, he simply chose her because she was useful to him.

It is a very real and true fact that most men will take an arm when you offer a hand so don't let one good example cloud your judgement.

I wouldn't trust the words of a CEO. Anything they say is meticulously crafted to portray themselves, their family, or their company in the best possible light. Sure they may still be married after his major success, but how do we know he doesn't have side pieces now that he's a big deal? More likely than not, he saw (and still sees) his wife as a business asset and nothing more.

I do actually think there are genuinely good men out there who can love and appreciate a woman who has struggled WITH him (not for him). These types of men, even when they have nothing, are still chivalrous. Even when broke they find a way to not let their woman pay for things, they try their hardest to not ask things of her, etc. I get the feeling this man is not one of those guys.

As you said, it's the exception, not the rule. The rule is that men usually take the chance to "trade up" when they get it. They don't think of it as trading, just that this new, younger, more popular ... woman made him feel like "no one else before" and that they're "meant to be" and some such BS. Their wives are left behind with emotional whiplash. Men always feel entitled and attracted to the "best" woman they can currently have. It's all fine as long as you are that woman. But when his pool of options increases, he will inevitably start assuming he can do better than you. 🤷‍♀️ That's why we're not bending over backwards to get picked. Men don't choose based on "merit", and their choices don't determine your value. You will never be rewarded for struggling with a man. Even if he does marry you, is that a reward? He should have done that anyway. Does marriage really offset all the labor you put in or does it actually mean more labor for you? When you readily give, there's lots of people who'll readily take. But that's not a compliment. FDS advises us to give less and only choose a man who treats us well even if we don't break our backs for them first.

It depends what you want in a relationship. Love is the absence of negative and control. Struggle is negative , It has a form of control over you. so you aren’t in a relationship where you are loved. Respect makes a man treat you the way you want to be treated. Struggling with him won’t give you the treatment you deserve and you re cutting yourself always short.

And the reason why that man is staying with her is because of the money. He won’t find a babe with that amount of cash in his booty call list. If he levelled up to the top pulling her down he would have found her useless.

There is an old saying that you should never make a poor man rich on your back. You are just grooming him for a different woman.

I don't think you should never struggle with a male because he will lose respect for you... you should never struggle with a man because you can be with one who has their shit together and conserve your time and energy. What the scrote thinks is irrelevant honestly.

Sounds like you are seeking exceptions to the rule. Question is, is it worth the risk? My ex turned out to be disrespectful (wouldn't wear condoms even though I was literally crying about pregnancy anxiety). BUT he started out planning and paying for proper dates. Restaurant, sporting events, cooking me elaborate dinners, pumpkin patch. It was fun getting to know someone without having to hand-hold them. I'm an adult, over the age of 25. I'm done with broke, lazy momma's boys who can't plan a date. I can plan a date, I can plan an interview, I can plan a medical appointment. Why can't he?

It's just not FUN to go to a shitty diner and split the check. It's FUN to go to a nicer brunch place (not crazy, just not greasy, fluorescent, and understaffed you know?) That he picks you up and holds the door at.

I've been on enough "nice" dates (ie standard dates, again nothing elaborate in terms of luxury or extremely expensive but still quality not cheapass dates) to the point where I just think it's unattractive and juvenile if a man can't plan a proper date, pay, hold the door etc. 🤮🤮 I'm almost 29 years old, I'm not going to walk in the park and split the bill at Starbucks. I want to go to a baseball game where he picks me up and pays for parking near the stadium, gets me a drink, and holds my hand.

I am not looking for "the needle in the haystack" of a man who is a cheap lame date with a heart of gold. The CEO you reference could have easily focused on his craft and dated someone when he started having enough money for his own car. Or she could have lent him her car, he totals it, business tanks due to poor planning and over leveraged debt.

Why do you WANT to be that "lucky story who picked a good man out of the trash" rather than date a man who already has his life together? Are you young?

Most men sit on the couch masturbating to Elon memes and ten years later nothing has changed financially. Level YOURSELF up.

We don't do struggle love not just because he'd lose respect for you but because there's an opportunity cost to this. You could be putting that energy into yourself. Whatever energy/investment you put into building yourself up, you reap all of the benefits. But if you struggle with/invest in a man in that way, your likelihood of getting the rewards are entirely out of your control. If you are cheated out of that reward down the line; tossed away like a used rag, that will leave you feeling cheated, sore and bitter, maybe homicidal (e.g. Betty Broderick). Why take that risk, why put yourself through all that when you can just be alone and level up or find someone you don't have to build up. Why would you even consider the option that brings more strain and stress in your life?

Never struggle with a man. They never appreciate it.

Men never respect the woman who accepts the struggle life with them.

Men never respect the woman who stays and works through the struggle love with them.

Men never respect the woman who accepts sub-part dating rituals, aka 50/50, cheap dates, etc.

Men never respect the woman who met him at his lowest point of his life.

Men never respect the woman who married him when he was working and making minimum wage.

Men never respect the woman who overlooks his gross body, or below average faces, etc. I can keep going, so you get the picture. Society shames women into accepting less, and then blame her for when the relationship goes south from it anyways. Better to just live a grand life with men lavishing you with romance, gifts, and so on, because you're going to die one day. If you hold yourself like a prize that can't be easily bought, the man who then gets a hold of you can't help but appreciate you all the more for it.

Who is this guy and why do I care? If this guy wasn't a billionaire, would you share this story? Where is the interview with his wife? What's her name? What's her position in the company? What's her net worth?

He hasn't found the woman he wants yet. Just wait.

No I don't think so. I remember when Conor McGregor had a fight where he made a lot of money or something there was a social media post going around and his girlfriend and how she supported him while he was unemployed and training all the time and working so he could only eat organic food or something to that effect. Then it talked about how now he's rich and I guess trying to tell women to stick with this through their low points. This was pre fds but I remember thinking how she was an absolute idiot for that. I was right too because they have a child together and he still hasn't married her...