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It's a given, both men would kill to get her. Given just those two, which do you think she would choose? BTW, the question is open to anyone who wants to take the time to consider it and answer.
Hi thrillobyte
I can give you an indirect female opinion but Gwynedd an ancient Welsh royal house not the woman's name Gwyneth. My wife says she would date the successful CEO because the other guy looks like a dork. That is not apples to apples.
I sense the economic "good ol' days" are history now and the common people are in for decades of pain and despair. This is a new kind of crisis, one America has never faced before.
I was reading a thread on the Work & Employment Board where someone asked "How do you make it on minimum wage" Overwhelming the majority replied, "I'm single so it's not that bad." Is that our future---a nation of singles because getting married and having children will be such a burden financially that only the wealthiest 10% will be able to do it? Think of the implications for this nation, if not world, if 70% of us are saying, "I won't marry and have children because on my salary I can't afford to."
I think it would be great!!!!!!!!! This country is grossly overpopulated.
Actually more people are getting busy and having kids during the recession than during good times. You can't look for a job 8 hours straight, it gets boring!
Will young attractive girls actually get into bed and spread for a withered old codger just because he has a good 401k and stocks and options???????
Yup. Now, I'm not talking 80yo man with a 22yo woman. Although it has happened! More like established men in their 50's with the 20 somethings.
There's nothing new about this. Did you know the last Confederate War widow died in the mid 60's? But that was people marrying off their young female children to very old men. For the express intention of collecting their war pension. The young woman would do her duty for a few years till the old man died. Then she got to be a widow of independent means.
It's only been for the last 60 years or so that women have been brought up to be capable of making it alone. There are still many women who will 'settle' in a marriage just so they aren't alone. Anyone is better than no one. There are men who feel this way too.
There's the old saying: Two can live just as cheaply as one. Far from causing people to remain single, I'd think this "new economy" would herald in a wave of people hooking up for financial reasons. Now kids, that IS another story. They are expensive.
You make a good point. It is getting harder and harder to give children what they need to have a successful future. I think my grandchildren will be all right, they are very intelligent and I am hoping we will be able to help them some with college expenses, along with their parents. But if the lineage of that particular part of the family ended with my grandchildren, that would be OK with me, because I think the US is in for some hard, hard times, at least by our standards.
The wife and I would love to move to a rapidly developing country where there are many opportunities. Brazil seems to be a good contender. Once climate change shifts into high gear, most all of North America is going to become an arctic wasteland.
I can give you an indirect female opinion but Gwynedd an ancient Welsh royal house not the woman's name Gwyneth. My wife says she would date the successful CEO because the other guy looks like a dork. That is not apples to apples.
My then 26 year old wife did have offers from older men but she went with the 34 year old. No way my wife likes the guy I posted.
Thanks, gwynedd. And thank your wife. Interesting. Of course the pics of the two men were slightly biased. When you try to goggle "pics of single older successful men" you run into lots of porn sites and I had to grab whatever I could get my hands on that wasn't offensive or copy/paste friendly. The marine looks "distinguished" but I can see how a 22 YO who looks like Jessica Alba might have a slight problem with him.
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Gwynedd an ancient Welsh royal house not the woman's name Gwyneth
Actually, I thought it was a play on Gwyn & Ed, you being Gwyn or Ed.
Yup. Now, I'm not talking 80yo man with a 22yo woman. Although it has happened! More like established men in their 50's with the 20 somethings.
There's nothing new about this. Did you know the last Confederate War widow died in the mid 60's? But that was people marrying off their young female children to very old men. For the express intention of collecting their war pension. The young woman would do her duty for a few years till the old man died. Then she got to be a widow of independent means.
It's only been for the last 60 years or so that women have been brought up to be capable of making it alone. There are still many women who will 'settle' in a marriage just so they aren't alone. Anyone is better than no one. There are men who feel this way too.
Must have been a lot of Runaway Brides back then. Who could blame 'em.
Think of the implications for this nation, if not world, if 70% of us are saying, "I won't marry and have children because on my salary I can't afford to."
I've said this for years and years even when the economy was good!!
What if: not only is it true, but its the responsible position to take?
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Is that our future---a nation of singles because getting married and having children will be such a burden financially that only the wealthiest 10% will be able to do it? Think of the implications for this nation, if not world, if 70% of us are saying, "I won't marry and have children because on my salary I can't afford to." 
