The fairy tale of Cinderella is actually a hoax, the biggest hoax of all, and a misleading distortion of how we see things.
What is a prince? A prince equals a handsome man plus wealth plus instability. Between the glass slipper and the prince,
any clever woman would naturally choose the former, and become a proud princess admired by everyone.
But while getting the glass slipper, she also runs into the king. A win-win situation? A buy-one-get-one-free bundle deal? Or a losing bargain?