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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read this when it first started but not the next 15 pages or so.  Just a funny story.  I have a very stable job and would be considered very well off in most of the country.  Around here though, pretty average, just over 150K.  I keep myself in relatively good shape and am an active parent to our children, do the coaching thing, help with chores, etc.

My wife and I were out at lunch one day and were seated next to two younger women who were talking loud enough to be overheard.  Couldn't really be avoided, the seating was very close quarters.  One had just broken up with a boyfriend I think, but the other did more of the talking.  A lot of it revolved around wanting her boyfriend to get more serious with his life, stable job, etc.  If I heard right, she and her parents had even found him a job but he wouldn't take it because they found it for him.

This woman was objectively good looking, nice features, the dress she was wearing was semi-modest and could have gotten her plenty of attention in any bar or club.  I could not believe she had settled the way she sounded like she had.

I told my wife afterwards "Holy shit, I had no idea how much of a catch I am!"  Simply by being an active, stable, okay looking guy.  In fairness, my wife also has a very good job and is a very good parent, she is also very much a catch, but it was just shocking listening to these two talk.  This thread reminded me of that lunch.[/quote]

Sad that women who have their stuff together feel that they have to settle for males that don’t have their stuff together. But that may be the supply/demand situation. [b]There are more loser men out there at each strata than loser women.[/b] [/quote]

The statistics argue against that. In the US, men pay 99 percent of alimony paid. The food stamp program funds 25 percent more women than men; 22 percent of American women are on food stamps at some point in their lives, versus 11 percent of men. Over 50 percent of female-headed households receive some form of welfare payment. Men only receive 45 percent of Medicare spending, while women receive 55 percent of Medicare spending. [/quote]

Please a lot of loser women are “rescued” from loserhood by marrying. I know a lot of mothers is my circle who tapped out of the work force because they could not cut it. Sure you were on the partner track  :roll: It is laughable to think a woman who marries an economically attractive man is some how better vs a man who has no money.  Women work to marry up because it is easier vs working there way up.[/quote]

I know moms like this too and the main thing they have in common is that they are VERY attractive physically and had their choice of equally economically attractive men before they got married.  If that’s your definition of “loser women”, I know plenty of women who want to be losers:)[/quote]

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