If you don't mind me asking, is there any particular reason you didn't just leave? I'd imagine this fits the kind of situation where you aren't obligated to stay.
Couple of weeks ago been talking to a coworker and said him that _sometimes_ people end up in uncomfortable situations. Family, children, debt, divorce, medical, elderly parents and so on - he said, that's not possible, because people _should_ plan their lives.
People believe in the witchdoctor's raindance because the alternative is to believe your entire life is at the mercy of the random chance of weather and could be destroyed at any moment. Which is true, but hard to deal with mentally.
JWT is based on whether positive or negative outcomes were "deserved" and the extent to which randomness exists.
In contrast, FAE touches on what you believe motivated an individual to act, and whether it was innate or circumstantial.
[1] Perhaps the first wave is interesting, but the third or fourth time is probably a little repetitive.
I believe Alanis took mp3.com stock as payment.
That was a different time.
The Beam-it software was pretty cool.
Things like Shatner taking Priceline stock to be their spokesperson played into the dot-com mania narrative of the time, but now that's seen as a shrewd business move. 50 Cent had a $60-100 million exit with Vitamin Water and Lebron had a $30 million exit with Beats.