biteme said:
I dated a career woman, she didn't have time to be a gf.
Hell, I was married to one for five years. Many evenings alone waiting for her to come home, many late suppers, many cancelled vacations due to work, many calls in the middle of the night because of work, etc. Note that I am divorced now.
Hard-Bitten said:
why don't they just come out say that men fears career women.
men should support and embrace that their wife is has a career and they both can be power-house couple.
That's not the problem. The problem is that "career" women are often strong, independent women who take pride in their accomplishments. That in itself is not a bad thing, but the problem arises when these goal oriented women put their career, their job,
ahead of anything and everything else.
Marriage is about cooperation and working together, it can't survive as a one-sided effort. Both people have to be dedicated to making the marriage work BEFORE all else, and that is where career women often fall short. They've put so much into getting to where they are that they aren't willing to give that up for anything. They just don't realize it until they are forced to make the decision between the marriage and their careers, and then it typically comes down to a "time invested" situation.
After being married for five years to a work-aholic, I know that I won't ever do it again. Happiness in life requires balance and perspective, something that I generally don't see in "career" women. My divorce counselor and I talked about this very phenomenon during the divorce, it's very common today.
The article is spot on IMHO.