“If you continue working like this, when will you have time to be a wife?” That was what a man I was dating asked me one evening while I was trying to finish a customer’s outfit in my shop. I looked at my phone and laughed. “Wait, so my crime is that I’m working?” He said, “You know I want a woman who has time for her man. You can’t spend all your life sitting behind a sewing machine.” I asked him, “Okay, so if I close my shop today, who will pay my bills tomorrow?” He said, “Why do you women always bring money into everything?” I nearly dropped my scissors. Sir, you want my time, my attention, and a woman who is always available for you, but you don’t want to discuss how to make life easier for me? I am working hard to build a good life for myself. If I meet a good man, I want us to make life better for each other. I don’t want to abandon everything I have worked for just to prove that I am ready for marriage. Because tell me, what exactly am I gaining from this arrangement? Ladies, would you reduce your work or business for a man who expects you to have more time for him but has no plan to make life easier for you?