I think women try harder to stay independent, because (as I said in an earlier post) mothers and daughters tend to have a relationship quite different from mothers and sons. From what I've seen, a son can do no wrong and a daughter can do no right. Personally, I am convinced that for that reason, largely, women will take jobs that are "beneath them" more readily than a spoiled prince will. We will also get roommates, give up the car and ride the bus if there is one, cook cheap meals, and basically suffer privation more often than young men will. From what I've seen young men these days have a pretty lofty sense of what they deserve, and a very definite attitude about what they won't "settle" for.
Women, on the other hand, will put up with just about anything to avoid going back to Mo-ther. You can also see this female humility - for better or worse - in most women's dating habits. We are doormats, by and large.
>>Women, on the other hand, will put up with just about anything to avoid going back to Mo-ther.<<
And apparently accomplish it. Which means it is possible, if one is properly motivated.
It looks like guys aren’t that motivated. Who needs to be with mommy standing by, ever-elastic umbilical at the ready?
Your points about men and women and their different relationships to mothers are well-taken and also make my point.