Posted on 10/11/2019 4:52:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
Successful women face special barriers in love and marriage, according to one relationship coach. But that doesn’t mean they can’t still strive for a happily ever after.
On October 9, the Washington Examiner published an opinion piece on, “Why super-successful women struggle in love.” Relationship expert and author Suzanne Venker claimed that “few, if any, women” can have both “power in the world” and “power in bed.” While she backed up her arguments, her piece left something to be desired by women: encouragement.
Venker began by referencing a Wall Street Journal piece, arguing that “As women have become more and more rich, love has indeed become more and more elusive.”
She pointed to an email about one of the women dealing with this very problem – written by the woman’s mother.
“I’d like to talk to you about my daughter who’s a high achiever,” the mom began. “She’s a thirty-eight-year-old, well-educated (two Ivy League schools), creative, intelligent, sophisticated, loving, successful, attractive, with a model-like body, and surprisingly can’t find a desired partner.”
While previously “she wasted many years on several senseless relationships,” her daughter is “extremely unhappy that she doesn’t have a partner,” or children.
In response, Venker urged that not only do successful single women struggle, but also women who serve as the primary breadwinner. There are many reasons why “love becomes a struggle the more successful women become,” she said, including the “pursuit of a post-secondary education and career.”
“Jumping in full throttle and making work the center of one’s life, as young women are encouraged to do, invariably means this group will be unable to take advantage of their greatest marital bargaining power,” she said.
That main “bargaining power” appeared to be beauty.
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She could always run for congress. Probably has more brains than AOC.
Wow!
That brings “Bite me!” to a whole, new level!!
versus the windup kind?
HMMMmmm…
Makes me wonder what amount of time was wasted on the other kind.
1 Peter1:24-25
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever.”
I’m sure that the list of folks you listed would NEVER do the stuff mentioned in some comments.
Heck; they’d probably have to look up the definitions thereof.
P.S.
Nice screenname
I don’t know what you mean, feel free to elaborate.
Sounds like good advice.
Like Curly told Mitch, "Find that ONE thing..."
Society's? or other women's??
ha ha ha
So true!
NO woman does!
It's because she's a shallow, selfish person. And probably wasn't smart enough to avoid the poison of feminism and indulgent self righteousness.
While previously “she wasted many years on several senseless relationships,” her daughter is “extremely unhappy that she doesn’t have a partner,” or children.
And a slut.
AMEN!
Nice rings
I remember reading a post by a young lawyer who was bored to death by corporate practice, even though it paid very well. He went back and got his masters in psychology and most of his clients were women partners in law firms. They had come out of law school and put their noses to the grind to make money and make partner after 7-10 years, figuring they could put their social lives on hold until they were fully settled, and then with their positions of success and income, could marry whom they chose among the young male lawyers. They didn’t realize that at 33-35 the young guys in similar positions want to date the 22 year old legal assistants not a partner of their rank and income and they wouldn’t dare date a plumber, farmer or carpenter. So they are bitter, angry and often latch on and live vicariously through an 18 or 22 year old niece who has graduated from college and has no money whom they will take on expensive trips and “live through” their fun experiences. Its a poor substitute.
Getting paper towels to wipe coffee I just spewed on my monitor! Now that was funny right there!
And then at a hard 35, she finds out 35 isn't the "new 20" like she was promised by the media
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