Women: Marry that man who isnt prince charming but is good enough

[redsamurai]

no fucker, were talking about entitled high maintenance american women who wont settle for less than Fabio with Bill Gates cash

that's a different story than waiting for your soul mate. The example you put forth is of the a-typical gold digger. Well that gold digger isn't exactly waiting for her "soul mate", she's waiting for "easy street"......big difference. I see no problem with waiting for one's soul mate as long as the criteria for such a person is not based on the material bullshit this world seems to favor. Settling, in such a case, means marrying someone who doesn't fullfill you completely on an emotional and spiritual level. People, men and women alike, should hold out for this.......if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. Settling never makes one happy. The children of such a union are ALWAYS aware of it......and hence it passes down to the next generation. It's why the faults of the parents are seemingly always mimicked by their children in this society.

 

[Mr. dB]

Something in Miss Gottlieb's article makes me wonder -- she has not found a soulmate, but a few years ago she decided to get pregnant and become a single mom. I wonder if she's hitting up the sperm donor for child support?

 

[puddlemonkey]

someone say anal sex?

 

[Tatyana]

that's a different story than waiting for your soul mate. The example you put forth is of the a-typical gold digger. Well that gold digger isn't exactly waiting for her "soul mate", she's waiting for "easy street"......big difference. I see no problem with waiting for one's soul mate as long as the criteria for such a person is not based on the material bullshit this world seems to favor. Settling, in such a case, means marrying someone who doesn't fullfill you completely on an emotional and spiritual level. People, men and women alike, should hold out for this.......if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. Settling never makes one happy. The children of such a union are ALWAYS aware of it......and hence it passes down to the next generation. It's why the faults of the parents are seemingly always mimicked by their children in this society.

+1

The article sounded like she was trying to convince herself, or justify her choices.

 

[Spartacus]

Hitler may have been the retard that decided to negate the German advantage in maneuver warfare to engage in a WWI style war of attrition but Von Paulus should have done the right thing and attempted a breakout the moment he suspected they were being encircled, even if it meant he would be sacked.

actually Hitler gave Guderian & Manstein the go ahead for their plan to blitzkrieg through the ardennes forest
and the norway parablitz
and barbarossa

 

[Razorguns]

Nobody "settles".

Everyone wants the BEST they can get. Whether you're 20, 40, 50 - people want the best they can get on the market. It's not in our culture to "settle for less". You dont' "settle" for a car that runs. You don't "settle" for a house with a roof and walls.

And in something that is mixed with your carnal pleasures - people sure don't "settle". People settle "for the BEST they can get", but no one ever lowers their standards than what they can normally get. You'll never ever see a hot 27 y/o female marrying a 42 fat plumber. It has never happened ever. It's against mother nature's instincts ingrained in us for thousands of years.

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[velvett]

There's so much more going on in that article than marrying the guy who isn't your prince charming.

And gold digging.

 

[nefertiti]

that's a different story than waiting for your soul mate. The example you put forth is of the a-typical gold digger. Well that gold digger isn't exactly waiting for her "soul mate", she's waiting for "easy street"......big difference. I see no problem with waiting for one's soul mate as long as the criteria for such a person is not based on the material bullshit this world seems to favor. Settling, in such a case, means marrying someone who doesn't fullfill you completely on an emotional and spiritual level. People, men and women alike, should hold out for this.......if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. Settling never makes one happy. The children of such a union are ALWAYS aware of it......and hence it passes down to the next generation. It's why the faults of the parents are seemingly always mimicked by their children in this society.

Agreed....

I will never marry someone just to marry someone. Not settling has nothing to do with the cash someone brings in....not in my mind, anyway. I agree with tat...sounds like someone's trying to justify her choices...Personally, I want more in life than "good enough." Ugh, just the phrase "relatively content" makes my stomach turn.

 

[heatherrae]

When I got married, I married a guy who was my best friend even though I wasn't head over heels infatuated with him. I loved him, but it was not a hot and sexy type of relationship. He hacked my email and read an email where I was talking about this to a girlfriend. So, he divorced me. I didn't want the divorce, but he couldn't be swayed.

The end.

Moral of the story: If you settle, don't drag someone else in with you.

 

[cindylou]

I think its important to be content -

and to know what sort of guy is suitable for marriage. Not always the passion / fireworks guy.

if you wait too long, these guys are already taken. lol

Im not so sure about the settling part though.

Im not sure