That’s the thing about covert contracts. They’re covert.

You can’t go around saying, “Covert contracts work great!” and then complain that your counterparty is unilaterally changing the covert terms of your covert contract.

That’s what “covert” means.

The Women’s writing describes explicit (or, overt) contracts, which seemed to worked well for him once he reached your 40’s and he had the resources to hold up his end of the bargain.

Unless it’s all just disingenuous smacktalk.

Oh wait, now that I check the account handle, I understand these posts soooooooo much better.