GSW: A wise wife will not allow it to be tested. Once a wise husband realizes he is struggling to be respected in his own marriage, the marriage is over. This buttresses the issue of respect we talked about earlier. This is Mariah Carey’s first husband. She was a superstar. He married her. He said he loved her. He wanted the best for her but it was difficult for him to thrive in her shadow. He kept asking himself if this was the kind of life he wanted to have.

If Mariah Carey was a man, his wife would have fitted in naturally and those ego issues wouldn’t have been an issue. It underscores the fundamental psychological difference between a man and a woman. A rich guy meets a babe, marries her and his money becomes their money or it is expected that his money is their money. A rich woman marries a guy and the dynamics are not the same. He keeps seeing himself in a light and the public sees him in that light too. Like he is a gold digger