Two women trade polite, competitive compliments—mansions, Cadillacs, diamond jewelry—and each time the second woman smiles with that classic phrase, “Well, isn’t that nice?”,
But the real punchline hits when one mother proudly calls her daughter’s pampered lifestyle “angelic,” then turns around and calls her son’s wife “lazy” for living the exact same way. It’s a perfect snapshot of how the same behavior gets judged differently depending on who benefits, proving once again that double standards don’t just exist—they thrive in the stories we tell ourselves.