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Dear Ms. Independent,

Congratulations on your success. Don't listen to a thing Margo has to say, lest it sink you further into this mire of your own making.

If the thought that you are "too independent" has percolated into your consciousness, you can rest assured that it is setting off alarm bells for men as well. When translated into English, "too independent" typically translates into "too selfish." You know - like that lady who called Dr. Laura wondering if she should divorce her husband to get a second cat because her husband was allergic to the little buggers?

Please understand that this doesn't "intimidate" men - it annoys us. Coming from a long line of successful men who believed that it was our job to go out and slay the mammoth while it was our wives' jobs to stay at home and raise the babies, this preoccupation with mammoth slaying among modern feminists is annoying to us. A man does well if he marries a teacher. He does better if he marries a housewife.

So yes, Margo, extreme independence in a woman is sort of like leprosy in terms of marriage. Of course, since this is the 21st century, you are in luck. As you've grown so accustomed to wearing the pants in your world, why not seek out a Himbo?

This would be a relatively uneducated, unsuccessful, yet handsome male, perferably a dozen or so years younger to you. He will be attracted to your success and you can keep him around as a househusband.

...unless of course, you find that your biology dictates that life as a man is less fulfilling than you thought it would be.