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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup. High maintenance is my guess, too.  However, it's also a shame when a woman can't find a man because there just aren't any, in her community, that are at her career level. This is actually an issue nationwide, as women are now out striding men in terms of college graduation and employment rates.[/quote]

Plus, I'm going out on a limb here and saying [b]most guys aren't looking for a woman who matches or eclipses them professionally. [/b][/quote]

This could be the case, since many men--especially from some cultures--will have pretty traditional attitudes about being the breadwinner, etc.  I attended an HBCU, and many of my classmates have been very successful over the years.  Several are lawyers, one has a Ph.D., etc.  Nonetheless, only two of us are married, and we are all late 30s.  Several live in the DC area.  Just not enough eligible men of color to go around, IMO.[/quote]

That's interesting because my experience has been pretty different I attended Howard and [b]when I got married at 28, I was of the last of my best friends (6 of us)[/b] to get married and now at 31, I have way more engaged/married friends and acquaintances than I do single. Most of us are still in the DC area and hold advanced degrees and have professional jobs. We're convinced that the notion of the perpetually single black woman is a myth, my friends that are still single are definitely so by choice.[/quote]

PP here.  Wow, at 30 I was one of the first of my friends to get married.  However, I also have a friend who attended Spelman, and all of her close friends--many of whom also have graduate/professional degrees--are married with kids in their 30s.  Different circles, I guess.

I also agree with the other poster that pointed out that AA men have wider dating options.  I read somewhere that they're statistically *most* likely to date interracially, whereas AA women are *least* likely of all the racial groups.  So for AA women who are only interested in dating black men, they may have a harder time finding a match.  (FWIW I'm married to a black man, but I would've been willing to date interracially too.)
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