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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe this is related so bear with me:

Back in grad school, I would watch this show called Love Connection (1980s). This is what I observed:

- when the couple was Afro-American, they almost always decided to go on a second date.

- when the couple was working class, about 75% of the time they would go on a second date

- when the couple was Larry the Lawyer and Mary the Marketing MBA, they almost never picked each other for a second date.

Simple, the higher the education, the higher the expectations. The more divorces, though that 90% seems way too high.[/quote]

Latino couples today [b]don't tend to be as arrogant as other race people may be.[/b] My Salvadoran friend has a masters degree but she married a Hispanic guy who only had a high school degree. Her family didn't like him because they thought he was a bum. Same with other Hispanic couples I know. My boss was a Colombian with a masters degree and her husband was a truck driver. Most of my black women friends with upper degrees are single though. My cousin married an Indian woman whose family had tremendous influence on her decisions. They wanted her to be with a man who had money not the high school sweetheart she married. God those people have no heart and are selfish and cruel.[/quote]

Those “other race” people are not “arrogant”; it’s called having standards & knowing your options in life. Selfish? Are you under the impression that you’re owed someone’s romantic love?[/quote]

Having standards is fine but that means dismissing good men who may be better fathers and husbands than the rich man whose income you're eyeballing. You are also dismissing the love that may be the most true and long lasting than the rich man you're looking at.

Love isn't owed its felt and happens naturally and not just because someone's throwing cash at you to buy you things. [/quote]

NP here. The standards I have for a life partner are not driven my dollars. They relate to character and being equal partners.

Your assumption reveals a misogynistic bias. [/quote]

I think the problems run in when men or women get taken to the cleaners by their spouse who is just looking for a purse when love runs out. Because women have a second and third role as child bearers and rearers and homemakers, it could be easier for a woman to be taken advantage of by a man who doesn't bring anything to the table but their charm and need for financial support.[/quote]

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