Not gender-specific
Just like washing dishes is no longer gender-specific. Let's kick off by stating a fact! It isn't only women who have been known to take out loans on behalf of their beloved "belusted"(a word I coined) spouse. Men have done the very same too.
Later on, I'll get into why I'm focusing on women in this post**. Now that we've got that out of the way, let's get to the meat of the matter.
Reasons Why Women Do It
- Empathy: the emotions of others, especially that of a spouse can easily affect a woman to the point of being caring just because.....because she fails to see it as people-pleasing. **one of the reasons why I'm focusing on women as I mentioned earlier**.
- Acceptance: a new relationship does all sorts of weird and wonderful things to a woman. Wanting to be accepted as a caring wife plays a big role in why you'll find yourself agreeing to such a huge ask.
- Fear: of being criticised or rejected as an unsupportive wife. Oh, that guilt trip a woman puts on herself is awful.
