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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if it's a new thing, just easier to see now due to online dating. About 25 years ago, I had lost touch with 2 guys from my friend group. They did not seem interested in remaining friends or dating (they dated most of the other girls in our friend grouping at the time.) I assumed it was because I was more introverted and studious, not as attractive, etc...

Then word got around that I was going to a prestigious university for grad school. Both guys called me up about 2 months in the program and wanted to get together and go out. I did, and it seemed that they wanted to date my grad school, not me, and I realized that they had not wanted to go out with me all those years because ... I was too poor and not prestigious enough. Very pissed, because I assumed I had a crappy personality and/or unattractive, not that I was just less rich than my friends. Never went out with them again. [/quote]
How is this gold digging? Prestigious grad school =\= rich. Why would you be pissed? Manny woman make the same choice with men. They want the resume not the man. Welcome to the real world![/quote]

Yes, PP here. I found out about the real world 30 years ago, thanks. I'm happy with my very loving middle income DH for many moons now.

Came here to make the point that men looking for prestige or money is not a new thing--it's just more visible with online dating than with "in real life" only dating of many moons ago. I would have never known those twentysomething guys 25+ years ago were primarily interested in status and/or an indicator their girlfriend would make more money until that incident occurred. One of them is now newly divorced, with an ex-wife who found out the hard way she was only wanted for her money and social status, while he had a special male friend on the side. (thanks facebook, that was golden!) Am so glad I became pissed and did not believe a word they said to me, after those years of ignoring me--if I had not, I could be that woman.

It is no different from women who do the same thing; women need to protect themselves just like many men have done for years. [/quote]

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