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I'm married but if i wasnt I would never overlook a guy without a degree. I find work ethic attractive, not education. Some people may find higher knowledge a turn on but not all of us.
Case in point. My husband and I were at the local bar a few weeks ago and a group of firefighters walked in (I guess getting off their shift), you could almost hear a collective sigh from the female contingent.
I think people may be taking the "degree" aspect too seriously.
Sure there are people who focus on degrees as if they're status symbols...but there's people that don't. We live in a free society where not everyone has to think the same way.
What's likely is people that associate with one another and have common interests may happen to both have degrees. I recognize there are both intelligent and not so intelligient people with degrees and vice versa without degrees; but more often than not, the people I run into that have similar interests, goals, etc., also happen to have degrees, or are pursuing one themselves.
At the end of the day, for some people, it's happenstance, and for others, it's merely a preference. Why care so much about someone else's preference? If that's what they want, and you disagree, perhaps you're not compatible, and should move on to someone who already shares your view.
I'd rather date the plumber/electrician making steady good money, owning successful businesses than be with yet another unemployed college grad under a load of debt.
1. The person has a degree and wants someone who also has one.
2. Having a degree helps with job success, especially in white-collar professions.
3. He or she may regard educated people as better thinkers or more interesting than uneducated people.
I propose a drinking game. Shots every time someone mentions Bill Gates?
This thread is very depressing to me as a single, funny, hard-working, goodhearted, good looking man, who does have a degree, but cannot find work in my field. I think all this talk about stability is bs. Of coarse you work to gain a sense of stability, but sometimes it doesn't work out this way in reality. I rely on God opening doors in my life and if the doors haven't opened then it's not where he wants to use me. I only value the money it takes to pay my rent and bills, but to live comfortable without God controlling my path is unthinkable for me, but society says different because the world is in pursuit of stability/money and 'love' seems not to be an option unless you have it.
There's a lot of women who fit those qualities too and they don't get a 'pity consideration,' not saying that's what you're asking for, just sayin....
Anyways there's a lot of people out of work today and can't find a job in the field they got a degree in, so more people are 'probably' more understanding all the way around or I would assume.
People are in pursuit of stability because they don't want to sleep out on the streets, so I don't see what's wrong with that and it's not a line of bull.
its helping filter out the possible deadbeats coasting through life on other backs vs those who have a personal motivation to go places with their own drive
of course nothing beats personal experience with someone to establish how much ambition they may actually have...but that's what actual dates and getting to know those chosen people are for.
i have my masters but don't make that much $$. i often get slapped with the 'educated fool" tag because i speak my mind and don't tell people what they want to hear so i get hit with that tag. it's very difficult to deal with sometimes.
Educated women should be the only ones asking for a man to be as educated as herself. It is not a man's job to support a female for any reason at all. If she doesn't have a degree, why would she expect a man to either?
I'm 33, make nearly 6 figures (not quite but VERY close) and I don't have a degree at all. I've been making a middle class salary for as long as I've had a career which spans 13 years. And money isn't the issue. I've seen women refuse to date guys who WERE making good money, but didn't have degrees. I don't go around telling women what I make, but they they are under the understanding that I make decent money. They have still refused to date me.
Also degrees don't guarantee jobs, and outside of the medical field, not many jobs really require degrees. Well medical and law fields require degree, but few other do. They're nice to have, but if you have experience it always trump a degree. anyway correlation between degree and success is weak overall. There are tons of people with degrees here in Seattle serving coffee at starbucks.
Just because someone makes 6 figures doesn't mean they know how to manage it well! I've met tons of people who thought they were the ***** b/c they made a lot of money, but had nothing to show for it and lived paycheck to paycheck.
Wanting to date someone who is educated isn't necessarily about how much money they make. It's about having a certain intellectual common ground and having similar goals and thought processes. I have a master's degree, and typically have had deeper relationships with men who also had degrees. That's of course not knocking anyone who doesn't have a degree. I did marry someone who never went to college so it obviously wasn't a criteria of mine, but it was a preference when I was dating.
More proof that dating / relationships have both become far more businesslike over the last 30 years or so.
What next? Will you have to submit your resume to women on dating sites, or bring it along to the first date (interview)? Why not go the full hog and do credit & background checks too and have a formal application process. At that point, benefits and hours can be discussed in a formal setting.
When did we lose touch with being human?
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