La mujer mantenida - The kept woman

Desde hace unos dias no dejo de escuchar - con cierta incredulidad, para que mentir - la siguiente perla: "que se siente al ser una mantenida?" Tras el shock inicial, vuelvo a mi posicion natural de no sentir que lo que pase y se decida en las cuatro paredes de mi casa sea asunto de nadie. Y con la sabiduria (o la paciencia) que me ha dado la edad, no necesito explicar mis logros hasta la fecha, porque ya he aprendido que cuando te matas y consigues algo se alegran solamente los que te quieren de verdad;  el resto no es capaz de admitir que te lo mereces porque te lo has currado y el logro pasa mas bien desapercibido. Ahora, para llamarte mantenida salen de debajo de la piedra en la que viven - en esa tremenda oscuridad que ha de producir el no ser feliz con tu propia vida.


Yo, que todo me lo he ganado como aprendi de mi madre - trabajando duro y sin rendirme - se muy bien lo que ya he demostrado. Pero lo que tambien se es que tener una pareja que te diga: "si tu quieres crecer profesionalmente y dejar de trabajar para conseguir tus metas, yo te apoyo al 100%" desde NUNCA ha sido pecado por mas que algunos ya me hayan colgado en la cruz. Vive y deja vivir y mientras dejas vivir no te olvides de que viviendo tu propia vida serias mucho mas feliz.

For the last few days I've been hearing - completely stunned, I am not going to lie - the following sentence: "how do you feel being a kept woman?" After the initial shock, I go back to my natural position of not feeling that whatever happens and is decided in my house behind closed doors is anybody's business. And with the wisdon (or patience) that have come with age, I don't need to make a list of what I've accomplished so far because I've learned that when you kill yourself working and things go your way, the only ones happy about it are those who really love you and the rest is not able to admit that you deserve it because you've worked your butt off and the accomplishment goes unnoticed. Now, to call you a "kept woman" they come from under that rock where they live - from the darkness that must come from not being happy with your own life.

I have earned all I have the way my mother taught me - through hard work and never giving up - and I know very well what my accomplishments are. But I also know that having a partner capable of saying: "if you want to grow professionally and stop working to reach your goals, I support you 100%" has NEVER been a sin regardless of how some people have already crucified me. Live and let live and while you let others live do not forget that living your own life you would be much happier.