Men: Would you date a woman who did not have a "real job"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a single accomplished/successful/over-educated from a top university woman over 50 years old. Guys are not lining up to date me because of my accomplishments.

50-year-old women often seem to be holding out for the One, trying to "marry well", whatever. You all do your share of excluding from consideration, trying to stay single.

? Many of us married well the first time around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Men would you date a woman who was:

- a waitress
- a retail sales associate
- a nanny

and other such jobs. Why or why not?

you

Managing a household with kids is a "real job." Real men realize this. If you're working outside the home, then you need cleaners, cooks, nannies or a husband who truly takes on 50 percent of these duties. (These are few and far between, especially among high earners).
I support both.
Feminism is about choice, not judging the choices others make.

Or you can be that rare woman who can do more than 50% of the household work and also have a good career outside the home. Don't sell us short

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Double-Ivy female attorney married to an enlisted Marine.

He's hot, kind, responsible, did I mention hot, and the most decent and loyal human being I've ever met.

I've seen my work friends and former classmates grow fed up with their pasty, douchy, lawyer husbands who can't do their own damned oil change and complain when they get the slightest little sniffle. More than one has expressed that they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.

Military is a real job-- more real than reading corporate contracts for 12 hours per day if you ask me -- but the pay isn't fantastic by any stretch and my DH doesn't have a degree.

Not all of us want a meal ticket.

You are quite young, aren't you dear? 37 or so, I'd say, at the very oldest.

[Anonymous]

The OP clearly meant an ambitious job, not a real job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Double-Ivy female attorney married to an enlisted Marine.

He's hot, kind, responsible, did I mention hot, and the most decent and loyal human being I've ever met.

I've seen my work friends and former classmates grow fed up with their pasty, douchy, lawyer husbands who can't do their own damned oil change and complain when they get the slightest little sniffle. More than one has expressed that they'd trade places with me in a heartbeat.

Military is a real job-- more real than reading corporate contracts for 12 hours per day if you ask me -- but the pay isn't fantastic by any stretch and my DH doesn't have a degree.

Not all of us want a meal ticket.

You are quite young, aren't you dear? 37 or so, I'd say, at the very oldest.

44. You're quite uptight, aren't you dear?