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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, lots of ways to start a business besides going to school for another degree. You could partner with someone complementary.  Might be a budget thing or maybe in his own experience his on the job stuff is not really leveraging or related to his degree...

Do you have daughters? Any indication or odd phrases towards them that are misogynist?[/quote]

Yes we have a daughter.  He is anti- anything girly, like pink, princess, jewelry, makeup, clothes, ballet, anything superficial- he calls all that stuff stupid  He does it in the spirit of protecting her from female stereotypes.  He's never once commented on her looks - that she's beautiful, pretty, etc, probably because he doesn't want her to feel her value lies in such superficial things. I disagree with him on all these fronts.  To me, being empowered as a woman, is being able to be whatever you want, wear whatever color you like, and to feel beautiful inside and out.  He absolutely adores her though, loves and respects her, admires her, is attentive to her, and is patient with her.  It just seems he is against girlish things, and he wants her not to be stereotypically girlish, like it's a terrible thing to be.[/quote]

That's not such a bad thing OP. He's probably seen what happens to women who are like that in his line of work. Once your daughter gets older, she'll decide if she wants to be super girly or not. In some professions, being super-girly is a terrible thing to be, even still.

If I was you, I would take some web based business classes (either free or through a University online learning platform) and learn business that way, and prepare for your small business. There is always the retired senior executive group who also offers business advice. He could be worried you will put more effort into going to class, and traveling to class, than the kids, while they are young.[/quote]

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