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Reply to "in conversation with friends or strangers, my wife frequently mentions she went to Harvard"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How annoyed would you be by this habit? Is this something that you try to gently discourage your spouse from doing? To be clear, my wife went to a mid-career Harvard masters program that has virtually no admissions standards -- if you are willing to pay $50K, you are in, as far as I can tell, regardless of your prior achievements (or lack thereof). Some people in this particular program didn't even go to college, according to an article that the WSJ published a few years ago about Ivy League masters programs. So this isn't exactly a challenging program. The program did her absolutely no good in the job market. She is currently unemployed, and has been for many years. Each time she mentions that she is a Harvard alum, I cringe, not only because I think it is in poor taste, but because I think the people she is talking to see right through this act.[b] She isn't a skilled speaker, nor is she well-read. So intellectually, her contribution to a conversation is minimal[/b]. My wife has many good qualities, but this particular part of her behavior strikes me as gauche. [/quote] Your contempt for your wife is a bigger problem than the fact that she talks about her degree program. Further, if you knew many “real” Harvard alumni you’d know plenty of them are neither skilled speakers nor well-read so no, this won’t be giving your wife away.[/quote]
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