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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thi means only an obvious social climber would marry an 80 years old man and have a young child with him. [/quote]

Duh.  Thank you.[/quote]

You women really love to pull one another down.  Your daughters must be very proud. [/quote]

Huh? Not sure why you are looking for a fight. I was legitimately thanking someone who explained to a poster that didn’t seem to understand why an 80-year-old father of a five-year-old would indicate social climbing.[/quote]

There are quite a few issues there.  Ageism (why marry an older man other than to climb socially?) and sexism (aren't women primarily concerned with status rather than, say, sending their kids to a school that is a terrific social and academic fit?).  FWIW, I know several families  with parents with wide age differences,  and I have not seen any indication of social climbing.  In the family I know with the widest age difference, the woman earned two ivy degrees, was a star in her field (that she continues to rise in), and was well established in DC, long before meeting her husband.  Where exactly do you think she was climbing?[/quote]

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