and 5 pages of posts later and no reply from him. I'd say he's pretty good at it.
Most women are surprised to hear that women in most Asian societies manage their husbands salary and that if he's lucky he may get a bit of pocket money to spend.
And it's been an amusing thread!
Tom
Most women I know in their 30s and specially if they have no children think they're about to expire. Tick-tock tick-tock....
However, I have not yet encountered those hordes of men in their 20's, eager to settle down, get married and have kids. So what's the solution here, get them drunk and drag to Vegas?
if only she had Phil_MCR to tell her in her 20s that "a woman should entrap a man while he is young and naive and while she is still hot."
unfortunately, as women get better jobs than men, the number of 'acceptable' men will dwindle further.
i always thought that 30 was the magical age where women wanted to have kids by. assuming you meet mr. right and have 2 years before marrying and spawning, then you need to meet him by 28.
if you think you meet mr right only after meeting mr wrong and wasting 2 years, then you need to start at 26.
i think the one saving element is if we can somehow improve fertility treatment or somehow put the woman's reproductive system 'on hold' between 16 and 26, then it will buy women an extra 10 years.
I actually know guys who did that
I guess guys could also potentially trap a girl in her early twenties by getting her pregnant (Edit: As long as she doesn't believe in abortion!)
A real man in not scared of any of these traits BUT they create a multitude of problems in a relationship, you should try living and having a reationship with one of "these women", it is damn difficult and hard work, they have learned too many "man traits"(good and bad) to really "be" a woman and experience what it is like to have a man really treat you like a woman. This is not a critism but more an observation from my own eyes and experience. Biology rears it's head and then the problems begin for men with partners like this.
Scenario: The above mentioned woman hits her 30's and having fought her way to reach her career goals, realises something is lacking (relationship/children?), so she then she zealously applies herself to the next phase of her life, meets a man and relationship time begins, now this man is no cute but introvered shelf packer from a supermarket, he must bring some "value" and "add value" to the relationship (biology meets corporate culture). The relationship starts wonderfully and fails.
He thinks "I love this woman but she is too complicated, set in her ways and demanding to live with, why can't she just be a woman and leave her corporate/career woman stuff at the door?"
She thinks "I spent 15 years clawing/fighting/demanding and working for "my rights", I'll be damned if I am going to give any of that away. But why can't he just treat me like a woman?"
Biology vs equality, political correctness vs roles is the problem of our times in relationships, what are the answers? A quote from my Grandma (a very strong woman) in one of our endless discussions on many topics, "my job (in this marrage) is to support your Grandfather as the head of the family and make sure he thinks he is the boss"
dating is fun!
happy new dating season!