Their LAWYER personalities pretty much explain it. They are victims of their own self-image. The smartest and only opinion in the room. Narsissistic men don’t fare any better.
Why is Mary Matalin still married to the Louisiana Carvelle Snake?
...With all due respect, isn't it an individual choice? Perhaps this should be in the "Stir Shtt Up Catagory"? Subtitle, "Stirring shtt up today"? No flame on or off,
Wonderful point sir!
IIRC - Laura Ingraham was engaged - but fiance split when she went through treatment for breast cancer. She still wanted a family, and has adopted 3 children.
I suspect that highly competent conservative women with high standards have trouble finding equally high quality conservative men.
In fact ...my 27 year old daughter has a similar complaint .....where are all the good/conservative/Christian men??? She intimidates many guys - she is college educated, ICU Nurse (which means ability to be strong/assertive and push back at Doctors to get what is needed for patients). She is a 1LT in the Army Reserve (Nurse Corps) - soon to be Captain. She does much of her own car maintenance (under my tutelage) ...and is very independent and capable...but, as I said, for many guys who are not accomplished - they are intimidated. Where are the strong conservative, capable and accomplished guys who want the same in a woman??
Probably several factors here.
1. They haven’t found someone they consider their better (women don’t generally like to pick men they believe are obviously less intelligent than them). Hard to let them be the head of the house if you feel that way.
2. Don’t really need them as they aren’t apparently itching for a family. In every other aspect independent and self-sustaining.
3. Further along you live alone, the harder it is to live with someone else. You get used to having everything your way and don’t have to make joint decisions and end up compromising sometimes.
4. Schedules they have may not work for them to have a relationship that is that intense and deep. Requires a lot of time and work to make it work. Don’t want to end up divorced if they can’t ‘do it right’.
As for Laura, beyond the jerk that didn’t stand by her, she has very high standards that are difficult to stand up to.
She has now adopted 3 children and has a stressing schedule.
I’d guess her “must” list includes;
Catholic
Conservative
Fit
Very bright
Clear ability and willingness to commit and endure her schedule.
In the great buffet line of life, maybe they skip the kielbasa because they like the tacos better?
How is this News/Activism?
It is puzzling, but more puzzling is why some folks don’t expect their political brothers and sisters to practice what they preach. I don’t have any interest in peering into the lives of any of these women. Yet it is odd to hear people who champion the family and the benefits of a conservative philosophy living as single moms, who until not long ago were the scourge of the nation, or as unmarried women in this age group, who would be called lesbians or sluts by some (not me, I’m a single man in my 40’s—and you know what that makes people think).
Can one champion the values of the traditional family while not living in one? I think so. I am not a military member, yet I praise and support the military, in part because my father and relatives have and are in the military. (Thank you for your service, US Navy Vet.) So it’s a complicated answer.
To use a devalued term, maybe it just means we shouldn’t judge folks who aren’t outwardly what we think they should be. Folks who aren’t living the same way we are aren’t necessarily enemies, and can be for the same values, as long as their life choices are merely alternatives, and not destructive, to traditional families.
It’s been my experience that very successful career-minded women remain single or have greater than average difficulty settling into a traditional committed relationship. It’s really often a matter of priorities. Many of these women will say they want a serious long term relationship, but when it comes right down to it, their career is the most important thing in their lives and receives the most nurturing. All else is secondary.
From the potential partner’s prospective you can surely imagine this presents a dilemma.
Their typically enormous ego and their inclination for an independence that borders on unapproachability is such that it can serve as a barrier to intimacy.
Anyway, that’s my take. The women you cited may fall into this category and some may not. It’s unlikely I will be dating any of them, so...
Do you have to be married to be conservative? Isn’t it enough to be pro-small government, a supporter of the Constitution, and for the sovereignty of the individual? I’m just wondering.
I think Laura Ingram probably has more of a family than those who criticize her. Three children seems to be an adequate family to me.
I guess(now that I think about it) is that most of them live in areas where there are more spineless, metrosexual TURDS than you can shake a stick at.
Although I can’t speak for them personally, but much of your answer lies in simple male-female dynamics.
Females tend to be far more particular about whom they invest their time and energy with. Basically the man they typically want to be with is of an equal social standing with or higher.
If a woman has a high social standing, it can be difficult for them to find a man of equal social standing or higher.
IIRC, Laura Ingraham was engaged and the man dropped her when she got cancer.
Maybe they are “frigid” for one reason or another..
And/Or simply do not require live in companionship..
Having “somebody” on the premises can be a liability..
They simply may not be groinal.. or neurotic..
This Navy brat would never flame a Navy Vet (well, ALMOST never)....
Must every conservative female have a husband and rugrats to fit your ideal?
My best friend (and college roommate) never found the “Right” guy. She wanted to have children...lots of them..., but also realized kids need a FATHER, not baby-daddies. She’s a successful businesswoman in Nashville, single, childless (except for her 3 big dogs). And though she tells me she sometimes feels like she missed out on her dream family, she also feels good about her life, because she didn’t settle for just a husband (instead of a partner).
Does that make her less of a woman, or less a conservative...because she didn’t marry a sperm-donor willing to “put a ring on that”?
She believes she did the right thing...and I agree with her 100%.
Sorry, USNavy Vet, you are way off base here.
I’m comfortable with priests devoting their lives to their calling, and not dividing it with wife and kids.
I’m similarly comfortable with these women devoting their lives to their career callings.
Besides, they are wealthy, famous, and have ample opportunity for social interaction. I image they receive many offers from qualified lads.
Ann dated Bill Maher for awhile, does that count?