Women are blessed with intuition, emotional intelligence, patience, even listening abilities. It comes easily to women to give and give and keep giving. But what do you do when you are cheated on, taken advantage of, your advice ignored and your importance downplayed, then the perpetrator comes crawling back after a while? Get him to pay you back, that’s what. Afterall, payback’s a bitch.
Read below Cece’s delightful story of how she turned the tables on her ex-boyfriend. Lots of moral lessons in this thread.
Enjoy!
Hey I got a true story to tell: Two days ago my ex, who hasn't spoken to me in 3 years, hit me up. And some crazy shit happened.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
"Cece, I'm not a bad person" I say "Idgaf what you are I wanna know how many times you cheated, I wanna know if my predictions were correct.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
You wanna talk to me? Then tell me." So, he tells me: 5 times. 5 different women. "She doesn't give me what I need" he says.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
I tell him "Welp, that's what you get for marrying someone dishonestley, for marrying someone you knew couldn't hold you accountable."
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
He says "Cece, please. I'm dying of loneliness. I feel so empty and lost. I've happened upon a life I don't want anymore. I don't know what
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
These are DIRECT QUOTE. I am NOT embellishing. I have receipts, girl.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 5, 2017
"happened upon"??? GIRL, PLEASE ??? you made this mess of your own volition. NO PITY.
— cyborg witch (@dn_charles) May 5, 2017
These are DIRECT QUOTE. I am NOT embellishing. I have receipts, girl.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 5, 2017
Now, this is where it gets good….So I'm reading these texts, watching this boy breakdown over his shell of a life, both of us knowing that
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
I'd predicted all of it down to a T. I'm smiling to myself, strangely proud to see my intuition prove to be so accurate.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
right thing to do is? You want me to be your therapist? Your personal divinator? Your benevolent bruja? Well then, fuck you pay me.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
BENEVOLENT ? BRUJA ? lmao. BEST.
— cyborg witch (@dn_charles) May 5, 2017
I said these words. I'm very proud of myself ??
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 5, 2017
Pay me for my emotional labor. Pay me for the energy it takes to support you. Because we both know damn well you ain't finna reciprocate the
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
emotional energy that you're asking me to put into you so Fuck. You. Pay. Me."
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
I tell him "Listen, my therapist charges me $90 an hour for a session. Let's say I charge you the same amount for two hours since I'm not
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
If I see $90 in my Venmo account, which you can look up by my cell #, I'll unblock you and we can talk. If not, then you can
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
fuck the fuck off and deal with your own shit on your own. I don't really give a fuck. Bye!"
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
So I go to bed, and when I wake up the next morning, guess what I found?
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
90 dollars have been sent to my Venmo account,with his name along side.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
This is the most beautiful thing that I've ever pic.twitter.com/BH3Luli6OJ
— poppynative (@rysice) May 5, 2017
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 5, 2017
So the moral of the story: Ladies, your emotional labor IS VALUABLE. And only you get to decide what these dummies should have to pay for it
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
Emotional labor is WORK and no man is entitled to your labor just because youre a woman and he's a man. Bump THAT.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
Granted, there is no real dollar number you can put on the energy that comes from my heart. BUT as long as these idiots are just gonna be
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
using it and throwing it away (cuz you know he ain't gonna listen in the end) I'ma get my reciprocity one way or another.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
I'd also like to say that I woulda never even thought to do this, DEMAND a man compensate me for my emotional labor, before I started hangin
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
out with so many badass #sexworkers. It wouldn't have even crossed my mind that I should even be *allowed* to do such a thing.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
But since working and becoming friends with SWs, I've really learned how much emotional AND physical labor is simply *expected* of women,
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
nevermind compensation. And these badass bitches are the real reason why this was the first time I ever stood up to a man asking emotional
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
labor of me and demanded he acknowledge what he was asking of me and value it accordingly. So thank you #sexworkers, you've made me a more
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
badass woman and empowered me to demand compensation for the invisible emotional work women are expected to do all the God damned time.
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 4, 2017
Reactions
Story yi fe ma long, ma se bayi naa.
— el hermanø (@toluenoch_) May 6, 2017
Lool. I see what you did there
— Fraulein Maria (@adukesaidit) May 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/manliketolu_/status/860807330396549120
A womans intuition is real AF.
— Premo Shalom (@Pre459) May 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/GoddessZaya/status/860612083699728384
We love you! Such an inspiration. So happy for you❤️
— poppynative (@rysice) May 5, 2017
MSc Emotionology. You studied, worked it, made a hypothesis, waited 3 years to review outcome of thesis. Take your Master's degree already!
— Dr HO? (@holamiju) May 6, 2017
I have to say your entire thread gave me everlasting life & a new perspective, may God rain blessings upon you for this sermon you delivered
— Tiara Dunigan (@SweetTee313) May 6, 2017
Hi Cece. I did find your story inspiring and I do hope that he will find the true path with your help.
— FⓋrd Prefect (@hahanvegan) May 6, 2017
It's true! I just don't want to be taken advantage of and my efforts taken for granted. That's the point of this. Thanks for recognizing ? ?
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 6, 2017
Wow!! Thank you for this. Just yesterday a dude wanted me to make him a meal plan so I said "pay me"
Same dude who wants $ to tutor me..— violet (@xofragilesavage) May 5, 2017
Lolz these boys so stupid and take so much for granted its redic. stand your ground girl! I'm rooting for you! 🙂
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 5, 2017
"Benevolent Bruja" I'm here for this. I'm here for you getting paid. I'm here for the verbal ass beating you gave him !! Just YES pic.twitter.com/jHJo7FzNds
— RIHPops❤️ (@ShadaeJust) May 6, 2017
https://twitter.com/HateNutrisystem/status/860543986691436544
omg thank u so much!!! Im genuinly so overwhelmed by all the love!! But it's so awesome to be so validated by so many ppl, thank you!!! ❤️??
— bruja femme (@CeceCortazar) May 5, 2017
Atta girl.
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