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I think most men throw around the term 'gold-digger' too freely. Most women do not want to stay home all the time just to have sex, watch tv, or play video games. Instead they want to do activities or go out like dinner, movies, vacations, plays, events etc etc etc. Unfortunately these things cost money. And if men don't have the job that pays well enough to do social activities, he probably will call these women gold-diggers.
I do not begrudge women for wanting to date a successful man. If I was a female there's no way i'd settle for a broke, unambitious male.
True gold diggers go after rich men... millionaires and billionaires.
See, that's how women rationalize that they're not gold diggers. They say "since I'm not going for a billionaire, then I'm just a normal person." No. If you're going after a lawyer, for example, who often isn't a "millionaire" but makes six-figures, that's gold-digging, for example. Women do it all the time.
Most women do not want to stay home all the time just to have sex, watch tv, or play video games. Instead they want to do activities or go out like dinner, movies, vacations, plays, events etc etc etc. Unfortunately these things cost money.
That's our point. That's gold-digging all the way. "I want to do things that cost money, so I'll find me a man with money." That's gold-digging.
...expressing frustration at women obsessed with money, or are they really expressing envy of men who are more successful than they are?
I ask because a lot of complaints about "gold-digging" are tinged with a subtle suggestion that wealthy men are getting access to women they don't really deserve...
I've been reading this article and found it to be well balanced and non gender bashing.
"Researchers found that in much the way a peacock flashes his feathers to attract a mate, some men use conspicuous spending to attract women: The catch is that the guys doing the big spending to bait women are supposedly only looking for a short-term relationship.
So a guy can grab a woman's attention with shiny, expensive objects? Yes, it seems, but the new study also suggests that he won't try to hold it for long. A woman might choose the guy with a Porsche for a date, but she doesn't necessarily view him as a better marriage partner than a guy driving a Honda Civic.
"People may feel that owning flashy things makes them more attractive as a relationship partner, but in truth, many men might be sending women the wrong message."
Oh, good lord. You know that's a requirement for receiving welfare, right? You have to be a single parent with a deadbeat other parent. And most of the deadbeats out there are men.
Believe me, if those deadbeat guys could get money without having to be fulltime solo parents, they would be doing it. They just don't want it bad enough to actually do the work of changing diapers and taking screaming toddlers on the bus to get their groceries.
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Originally Posted by Supine
You can be male and qualify for welfare. You have to be a single parent below a certain income level to get on welfare.
That's what I said.
Are you really so illiterate that you did not read past my first sentence?
So, what do you think is the reason that men almost universally choose to be deadbeat dads rather than have full custody and get those enormous welfare checks?
Word. I don't know one woman who wants a man who makes more than she does.
You must not live in a big city or in denial.
I wouldn't call most women gold-diggers, but most women like to do things. Things cost money. How many women want a man who can't afford to go out but only stay home, have sex, surf the net, and play video games?
A man's profession/earning potential is certainly a trait most women are attracted to, whether they want to admit it or not.
Hey! Another thread with sweeping generalizations!
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