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10 Things Married Women Hate to Hear

Listen up, single ladies: Married women get an earful, too.
10 Things Married Women Hate to Hear
Annoyed Woman New
By Charli Penn · Updated October 28, 2020
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We so often hear about the plight of today’s single woman, and the seemingly unavoidable drama she encounters during her typical day-to-day. I get it… I do. Single women are often easy targets for bad advice, ridiculous questions, and unwanted pity — as so eloquently explained by ESSENCE.com’s Write or Die Chick, Janelle Harris, in her “10 Things Single Women Hate to Hear.” But trust me, we married women have our gripes too. We just don’t speak up as much. Today, however, I’d like to change that. Want to royally tick off a married woman? Saying any one of these 10 things should do the trick.