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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my circle women’s college and profession matters but once married, it’s usually her decision if she wants to work or stay home after kids, men are okay with both choices. Men with high IQ tend to enjoy beauty but they crave intelligence.[/quote]

Same.  [/quote]

This is what I've noticed. Career accomplishments optional, education not.

All things said "education"/ "intelligence"/ "success" is shorthand for other capacities and character traits that may come in handy when building a life with someone.  [/quote]

Love this.  40-year-old frumpsters convincing themselves that they are more of a catch than the hot, 24-year-old secretary because they have a Cornell degree.  The delusion on DCUM is real![/quote]

Grandpa entered the thread. There are no more secretaries or assistants. Did you retire 20 years ago? That's the last time I saw one in real life. My H works for an international fortune 50 and they have maybe 1 or 2 assigned to the CEO and they are both in Europe. I'm a fed and we don't have one. [/quote]

Ha I hadn't picked up on this. So true.

I think both a 40 year old "frumpster" and a hot 24-year old secretary (or whatever the modern counterpart of a secretary is) can be great catches. But for a man who isn't insecure about his own intelligence and education, he's going to want those traits in a partner, especially if it's somebody he's going to have kids with. My husband was a total catch and had plenty of options, but he picked the more intelligent and educated woman over the hotter ones. Why? Because that gave us something in common and he didn't want dumb kids.

Now that I no longer have an amazing body and I'm pushing 40, I'm certain that if he were single again he would pick somebody more attractive than I am because he's got all the traits that women, even younger women, want. But education and intelligence would be a prerequisite, not a gorgeous face and perfect body. (Although he definitely wouldn't pick somebody in their twenties, he's pushing 40 too and unless you're a gross old man, 20-year olds look like children to people our age). [/quote]

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