Even Dionne Warwick had to dim her light to preserve a man's ego.
That "Mrs. Brown" shit Whitney did, whole time, that man was jealous of her (and Robyn), whole time he was breaking her down to his level, breaking her heart and voice?
She learned from her big cousin, Dionne.
Dionne Warwick was "Mrs. Elliott" and the breadwinner, and she said maybe he couldn't pay the mortgage, but he could get a loaf of bread and baby,
No, damn ma'am, honey.
I never want to experience that dynamic ever again,
It wasn't even 6 months and that was enough to end the whole shit.
Delayed emotional processing means I didn't see what he did til WELL after it was finalized.
But yeah, beware competent, independent, successful women who publicly wanna be known as Mrs. Married Name, especially after making their name with their own name.
I ain't seen a good situation yet
And we got Lemonade AFTER the Mrs. Carter Show world tour.