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Originally Posted by lovelyivy84
This article made me think of a LOT of the ladies here.
With rising incomes, young women discover the pitfalls of “dating down.”
Good clip:
A lot of young women “are of two minds,” said Stephanie Coontz, director of research at the Council on Contemporary Families, a research organization. “On one hand, they’re proud of their achievements, and they think they want a man who shares house chores and child care. But on the other hand they’re scared by their own achievement, and they’re a little nervous having a man who won’t be the main breadwinner. These are old tapes running in their head: ‘This is how you get a man.’ ” |
This was a good article. I'm not living large like those women, but I am the head of household financially, so I can relate. It's like having two minds, because on the one hand, I'm SO appreciative of what my husband does at home (no, seriously
), but on the other hand, it can get frustrating when I want to go see a play at the theater and he has absolutely no interest in it. Having more money, education, etc. means being exposed to more things and being interested in different things, and sometimes that man's interests just aren't on that level.