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In response to "wait wait wait. do we *really* think that many women go to college because they're husband hunting? in this day and age?" by kare

i have to assume that no-one really thinks that. -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jun 19 '09, 09:13

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it's sorta on the heels of my friend who graduated from Milsaps college in the 90s, and she said there were tons of girls there looking only for their - kare Jun 19, 09:17
Well, I imagine there's certain parts of this country where things are still done that way -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 09:15 35
- i sort of think if you're goal is to get married there's a lot of easier and cheaper ways to meet eligible men. -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 09:16 34
  - with the girl I mentioned above: "my dad says I need a degree." - mafic Jun 19, 09:50
  - I guess it is like why people want to go to the Ivies. Access to the most elite (and "desirable") group. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:21 1
    - OH! I knew there was a movie I was thinking of. Talented Mr. Ripley. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:33
  - You are applying modern logic to an old tradition. That is where you fail. - con_carne Jun 19, 09:19 28
    - that has always been true, at least in the upper classes. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:20 27
      - to each their own, but how positively sad that *anyone* would aspire to be a trophy wife these days. -- nm - kare Jun 19, 09:21 26
        
        with th trophy wives I know, it's not that they aspire to it, it's that it's what they're used to. - mafic Jun 19, 09:54
        
        I wouldn't mind being a trophy husband, really... -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 09:30
        
        I think youmight be missing one definition of "trophy wife." - con_carne Jun 19, 09:24 3
        
        i equate trophy wife with gold digger. someone who doesn't want to earn their own living. someone who doesn't want to earn her own living. - kare Jun 19, 09:27 2
        
        she *really* doesn't want to, huh? ;P - loosilu Jun 19, 09:28
        
        (sorry. I was talking with a coworker while posting.) -- nm - kare Jun 19, 09:28
        
        honestly, I do know women who did (and do) aspire to that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:22 19
        
        i knew a chick a couple years ago who divorced her husband mainly because, she said, he was an alchy - kare Jun 19, 09:24 18
        
        One ex gf of mine went to jdate for similar reasons. She is now engaged to him and just convverted to Judaism! -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 09:28 7
        
        And get this. - con_carne Jun 19, 09:33 6
        
        whoa! weird. -- nm - kare Jun 19, 09:36 1
        
        I am the most non-religious, agnostic fellow you could ever meet. *shrug* -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 09:38
        
        wait, she was claiming your jewishness rubbed off on her so therefore she qualifies for jdate? -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:35 1
        
        Yes -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 09:35
        
        yeah, that's kind of not okay in my book... -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 09:34 1
        
        I know, right? She even asked me to go along, were I ever asked or something. Naturally, I refused. -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 09:44
        
        I can understand money being desirable, but I sure can't understand accepting something like heavy drinking just to get the money. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:25 9
        
        if money is desirable, make your damn own! -- nm - kare Jun 19, 09:27 8
        
        But then, how are you supposed to be subservient to the male? Duh. -- nm - con_carne Jun 19, 09:47
        
        I guess they are, in a way. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:28 6
        
        heh - kare Jun 19, 09:30 5
        
        I see it like a business transaction. - loosilu Jun 19, 09:31 4
        
        to each their own - kare Jun 19, 09:34
        
        I don't think it bodes well, for the long-term success of their relationship, but hey, if they're both getting what they want out of it... -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 09:33 2
        
        so they both move on to the next model. no harm no foul. -- nm - loosilu Jun 19, 09:34 1
        
        in an ideal world, yes. -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 09:35
  - right?! i'm going to go work my ass off at college... so i can meet a guy. -- nm - kare Jun 19, 09:17
  - you're = your. (It's like i'm afraid to type YOUR now.) -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 09:16

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