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I am a snob. I would date but never consider marrying a non degreed man. The only exception might have been a farmer because that lifestyle would suit me.
I have DRUMMED into my daughter's head-
Get a degree, be a profesional, choose a career that allows you financial freedom. All this because of the divorce rate and the number of women and children living in a single wage earner household.
The higher eduacated she is, the higher educated the men she is in contact with. Pickings get slim for women the older they get and it becomes harder to meet men in general. This summer has been an eyeopener for her. Lots of unplanned pregnancies, marriages, live-in situations happening with HS friends and acquaintances-she is stunned at the number of people who are so young yet seem so hellbent on jumping into "life" with so little preparation-from one provider (parents) to another(boyfriend/husband) without attempting to experience any form of independance.
We have talked about how sheer #'s of available/desireable men decreases as you move though the education system and eventually into the workforce, but if she is prepared to financially stand on her own, it can make things far easier as she waits for "Mr. Right".
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