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To: Megan D

If your post is a true reflection of your life — which it may or may not be — then you need to work on your presentation somewhat. In that post, you don’t come across as successful, happy and well-adjusted ... you come across as superficial and self-superior.

For instance, your post does not seem to credit your husband with anything. When I describe my life, my wife and I are a “we” ... and I wouldn’t run her down like you did your husband — who you described as geeky, superficial (he wouldn’t have paid you any attention without your extraordinary workout and appearance routine), and in need of a makeover to achieve anything in business.

My wife and I are successful (to whatever extent we are) because of OUR plan ... not my plan. I am an attorney. My wife is a music teacher and way out of my league in grace, appearance, intelligence and general geniality. She’s quite a catch — I truly married up. Like you, we have two kids. We’re reasonably comfortable financially, but have some debt (law school is expensive) and have made some mistakes along the way. But, we have a plan, and we do the best we can.

I can tell you that if my wife wrote a post like yours — about my “big salary”, how good looking and fit she is, how she chose me because of my earning potential, how she could’ve married better looking guys but she’s more interested in money, how she’s trained me to look better so I can be successful, etc. — there would certainly be a marital discussion about it. I’m not a demanding husband ... but I do expect that I won’t be publicly disrespected by my wife.

There is a line between believing in a “plan” and being a braggard. Your post seems less about a “plan” and more about how you were/are good looking and smart enough to snag any will-be rich geeky guy you wanted ... and then savvy enough to teach the geeky rich guy how to fit into your good-looking-guy mold (teaching your geek how to behave and dress to be successful) so that he can make his “big salary”.

Bragging about how much money you make, how good looking and fit you are, or how well you’ve trained your geeky husband is rarely becoming.

SnakeDoc


141 posted on 04/13/2010 10:10:01 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant [...] that even a god-king can bleed.")
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To: SnakeDoctor

You pegged it.


147 posted on 04/13/2010 10:24:00 AM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Ilk)
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