Quitting school after an unsuccessful SEC recruitment

[ellebud]

Yes. Her parents said just that. After all, the reasoning went, after college your access to single men (especially as a teacher) was going to be limited. And, if you met and married a teacher....how could you make a living? She didn't marry a doctor btw.

I must say that during my time I was discouraged from doing anything other than become a secretary. Yes world...a secretary. Not that there is anything wrong with being a secretary, but that was a life's goal...other than getting married.

And sending the son to med school and not the daughter: One of my friends had exactly this: She went to a junior college (and got married for the first time young) while her brother (the anointed one) went to med school.

....Oh, and the age at which you had to marry or your life was over? Twenty-five. That's it...twenty five. I did well. I married younger than that. (yeah me!!)

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by ellebud

....Oh, and the age at which you had to marry or your life was over? Twenty-five. That's it...twenty five. I did well. I married younger than that. (yeah me!!)

Wow, I'd better hurry, only 5 more months to tie the knot

[blessyourheart]

I come from a family of 6 children, and when I was in college, there was one point that several of us were enrolled at different universities at the same time. My dad told my mom that he couldn't see the sense in spending lots of money on his daughter's educations, since they would probably end up getting married anyway. I guess the implication is once you are married, you don't have a career? Anyway, my sisters and I were encouraged to go to in-state less expensive schools, while the boys had no such restrictions.