[Windcatcher]

"To the male posters on this thread: Are you trying to protect your 'eggshell egos from high-achieving women?!'"

From my standpoint, women can "achieve" or not. When I consider a woman the question I ask is how stressful a life I will have with her a part of it. My goal is a life that's fulfilling, filled with happiness, and, most of all, as free of stress as possible. If it looks like stress will be a necessary part of having her in my life, then I just walk away. I don't get bitter about it -- there isn't any reason or purpose in becoming bitter -- it's just a simple question of priorities. I've learned from my friends' painful experiences that there are worse things than being single.

[SauronOfMordor]

From my standpoint, women can "achieve" or not. When I consider a woman the question I ask is how stressful a life I will have with her a part of it. My goal is a life that's fulfilling, filled with happiness, and, most of all, as free of stress as possible.

That's what a lot of women don't get, as I noted in my # 82

When guys look for a woman, having her be somebody they can enjoy life with is very high on the scale. What she makes is generally much lower on the priority list, particularly for the more successful men who already have the money they need

What many career women don't understand (or refuse to understand) is that, for many men, the purpose of a successful career is to enable them to attract and keep a woman who will have an interest in keeping them happy

If the woman does a good job of making him happy, the guy won't care if she's CEO or cleaning lady