After my father died when I was 10, my mother and I pulled ourselves out of the gutter financially, and we didn't stoop to marriage or helpless damsel tactics to do it, either. If you have a brain and some guts then you can make your own fucking way in the world and this way doesn't necessarily include men. It doesn't necessarily include women either, if you're a man. If a friend or lover disrespects you, then it's your own Goddamned fault for putting up with that shit. You made a mistake and whining now will get you nowhere, so pick your bitchy ass up and learn from it.
Character is what counts, and the rest is wrapping paper.
Generally they're about as intellectually stimulating, too. Those who are too dumb or too weak to help themselves deserve what life gives them. I'm just not going to be the one who listens to them whine. Call me a bitch if you want, or don't. This is what I live by and this is who I am.