The lashback comes from totally different experiences and how misaligned incentives are, mostly caused by fiat in one way or another. Countless examples, but here's a few: - Women often get more perceived value out of divorce than they do by staying married. The risk a guy takes by marrying is extreme. Yeah, there's prenups and shit but there's plenty of inexperienced men that don't even consider this at first. So they get screwed and either say "fuck bitches" or they attempt to understand why it happened. On the other hand, for women, there's hardly a risk by marrying. Either she gets a husband she's satisfied with, or she divorces and gets half his shit. Can't blame them for doing what's in their best interest. - Men increasingly struggle to be a good provider (non-bitcoiners at least), which lowers the woman's attraction to him. - Men don't know how to be men anymore, this happened through various ways of propaganda, even from their own family, unwittingly. This ofcourse also lowers his woman's attraction to him, and if a woman loses a certain amount of attraction, the relationship is as good as finished. These are just a few off the top of my head. Besides all of this, you are one of the very few "lucky" ones in a happy long-term relationship even though it's not about luck. But this is how it's perceived and it invites the responses you mentioned. Underneath these responses lie envy, rationalised by "it's not for everyone".