Quitting school after an unsuccessful SEC recruitment

[ellebud]

to be read with a sotto voice:

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, women went to college (out here on the liberal coast) to get an education (that would be used for a few years until children appeared) because.......you really went to college to get a Mrs.

Normal voice: And yes, many of my sisters were elementary ed majors. One of my dearest friends said that her parents were ready to sit shiva for her (memorial services in the home after a funeral) because she was graduating without a husband. They said that they "wasted" all that money. Note: A month prior to graduation she was introduced to the guy she would marry. (disaster averted) BUT most of these women turned out to be marvelous accomplished women.

One of my sisters, I heard, came from Texas to pledge our house and then went back home and affiliated. ....she followed the script (love the phrase) and she married well.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by ellebud

One of my dearest friends said that her parents were ready to sit shiva for her (memorial services in the home after a funeral) because she was graduating without a husband. They said that they "wasted" all that money.

Christ on a crutch, they actually said that to her?!? That's saying "you didn't get married by X age, so as far as we're concerned, you're dead."

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth (as you so eloquently put it ) my mother-in-law was sent to college for an MRS degree. Specifically, she was to find and marry a doctor, or (more realistically) a man who was in the process of becoming a doctor. (She did get her MRS degree, but my father-in-law - let's just say he's not a doctor.) She was sent to a less expensive college, because her parents had limited financial resources and OF COURSE they had to put her brother through medical school - why? - he was male.