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[quote=Anonymous]So, as a woman, I am starting to feel that I am misunderstood for my career and academic achievements in life.

I am in my early 40s, never married and no kids. I come from a working class background. I am the first person in my family to graduate from college. Most of my friends are now divorced with kids or remarried with blended families and on their 2nd and 3rd marriages.

I too am not thrilled that the economy is bad and that men with less than a college degree and no IT skills can no longer find good jobs.

I did not make the choices I made in life because I was selfish or self-centered.

I wanted to get married and have kids, but it was challenging for me to find a man who I could trust with my future as well as I trusted myself. And it was challenging to balance work and personal life, I admit. I did not have many role models in my family or social circle for what I was trying to do.

So, I know I can't give a man my age what he probably most waited for, worked for, and now wants from a spouse - youth and healthy children. Men my age who are in my position can simply marry and have kids with younger women.

I understand that. I wouldn't mind dating a single dad who has no ex spouse drama.

What I don't understand is why men my age have to be so angry and contemptuous toward single women my age? I am just as much a product of my environment and the changes in our world as they are. If they want a younger woman, then be with a younger woman. Don't take their anger and frustrations in how their lives turned out on me because I made sacrifices in my personal life to be successful in my career. [/quote]

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