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Old 01-27-2012, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Utah
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So women in general or all women who say that they don't find men with money attractive are lying through their teeth...
Money doesn't equal physical attractiveness but it does make someone more attractive as a mate through their ability to provide for you and any children you would have. Survival of the fittest and all that jazz.

 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:22 PM
 
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Money doesn't equal physical attractiveness but it does make someone more attractive as a mate through their ability to provide for you and any children you would have. Survival of the fittest and all that jazz.
So I guess women who don't want to have children or get married must being lying through their teeth as well?
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:25 PM
 
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Money doesn't equal physical attractiveness but it does make someone more attractive as a mate through their ability to provide for you and any children you would have. Survival of the fittest and all that jazz.
This specifically speaks to the historical disadvantaged position women have held, but this is changing and I don't really believe it's hardwired. I suspect that survival of the fittest, as far as the future goes, is going to have to include female elbow grease (intellectually and physically).
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:25 PM
 
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So I guess women who don't want to have children or get married must being lying through their teeth as well?
No but they certainly don't want to have to struggle or worry about paying the bills or having no possibility of retirement.

It is basic human nature to want to be with someone who provides well.

I don't see the problem with admitting this is the case.
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Austin
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As a woman I expect a man who is over the age of 30 to have a stable and strong source of income. After at least twelve years of being able to have a job and hopefully after a college education I expect a man to have made something of himself. If after a decade you haven't done that then why would any woman want to be with you?

Thank you. If I already can bring a good income and a stable life to my own table, I want to choose a partner who can bring equal or more to my life.
I am a bit shocked at how many men over 35 are marginally employed with little or no furniture. Perhaps living in Austin contributes to that issue, but I have seen more than I care to admit with regards to women making a better life for themselves than the men are.
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Utah
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Thank you. If I already can bring a good income and a stable life to my own table, I want to choose a partner who can bring equal or more to my life.
I am a bit shocked at how many men over 35 are marginally employed with little or no furniture. Perhaps living in Austin contributes to that issue, but I have seen more than I care to admit with regards to women making a better life for themselves than the men are.
On the other side of this token I would like to point out that most men don't like the idea of having a women support them. It bruises the male ego to realize that they can't provide for themselves or their mate.
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:29 PM
 
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No but they certainly don't want to have to struggle or worry about paying the bills or having no possibility of retirement.

It is basic human nature to want to be with someone who provides well.

I don't see the problem with admitting this is the case.
Or you can provide for yourself...and then not weed out a perfectly decent man who doesn't "provide well" (whatever the hell that means).
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:29 PM
 
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Of course money is an issue, anyone says its not is full of s***, you can fall in love, but when it turns serious and you are thinking lifetime partner, you want to have kids and house, you're not going to stay with a guy who will never make more than $10 an hour. Unless she plans on caring the full load herself.

This is a super valid point. I am wondering why so many folks seem to not understand this.
 
Old 01-27-2012, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Utah
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I married my Husband because I love Him. Not because He is loaded.

Yes I am generalizing about saying that women want a man with money because it is the truth and men also don't like the idea of not being able to provide for themselves, their mate or their children. It is a shot to their manhood for many men. It makes them feel like they have failed. These are ideals that have been bred into us for generations and I don't see why we have to pussyfoot around them like they don't exist.

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Old 01-27-2012, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Utah
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Or you can provide for yourself...and then not weed out a perfectly decent man who doesn't "provide well" (whatever the hell that means).
I do can provide for myself and my Husband if I need to. I don't because He doesn't want me to. This is not some radical concept. Men like to be able to provide and women like to know they will be taken care of.
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