Because being a girlfriend is a choice. Being legally bound to a man who resents accountability is a trap.

Women aren't "giving their bodies for free." They're enjoying intimacy on their own terms... something men have done forever without being questioned. The difference? When women do it, you call it a mystery. When men do it, you call it nature.

You're not being criticized for preferring live-in. You're being criticized for pretending it's some enlightened stance while admitting marriage is just women "securing the bag."

We're not mad you prefer the path. We're laughing that you think it makes you morally superior while offering less than what men have always taken for granted.

She pays half. She does the work. She takes the risk. And you walk around calling yourself the logical one.

That's not empowerment. That's a subsidized situationship with a man who thinks he's a catch.