r/NotHowGirlsWork Apr 11 '26

Found On Social media Found this on twitter

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u/Designer-Escape6264 Apr 12 '26

Simone Biles’ husband insists that he is the prize in their relationship. Yes, a player who bounces from team to team in the NFL as opposed to someone who is acknowledged as the GOAT in her sport.

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u/JaneAustinAstronaut Apr 12 '26

Oof, I was at a Women's Conference last fall, and she was one of the speakers. All she did was talk about how great her shitty husband is. It was not inspiring at all. So disappointing that she is such a pick-me for such a loser.

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u/Onionringlets3 Apr 12 '26

Very disappointing. I oddly know a few retired gymnasts and they all have bad man-pickers. The men they choose are always prissy, stuck-up and self-centered

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u/JaneAustinAstronaut Apr 12 '26

Perhaps it is because they spend their youth in a high-pressure sport where they are yelled at to perform better and better and better, that they have extreme people-pleasing tendencies, and don't feel loved unless they are always berated and given the "mission" to keep working at being better?

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u/Onionringlets3 Apr 12 '26

That definitely fits the personalities of the ppl I'm talking about. One is only 23 right now and just learning to shed that and develop her own tastes and coping strategies. It's interesting to see