A more interesting comparison would have been to compare articles on divorced men by a male author and a female author, and then on divorced women by the same. All that’s really been proven here is that Chelsea Kaplan doesn’t think much of men, and her bosses at MSN know the demographics who read the relationship articles on their website think like she does.
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Back to the real world:
The attractive women Larry inveighs against have learned they can be selfish, demanding creatures and still be sought after because men like Larry prefer to seek them instead of kind, understanding, devoted, rational women with physical flaws. At the same time, he seems upset that these same women won’t consider average-income men with beautiful personalities…I don’t understand the complaint, Larry–they’re acting just like you.
It’s not really surprising that a woman who knows she is only valued by a man for her appearance will take advantage of that beauty before it fades. Men who trade in the first wife for a second one half her age live much, much happier lives post-divorce than their ex-wives.
I’m noticing a second irony, too: Women who shop and spend time and resources on their appearance are criticized as shallow self-obsessed gold-diggers. Women who don’t devote their lives and resources to shopping and appearances are criticized as “not trying hard enough to be attractive enough to get/keep men.” Could you make up your minds, please?
*shrug* The common denominator in all your failed relationships is you. In my case, it’s me. I’d love to blame a culture that loathes self-sufficient straight women in comfortable shoes who prefer ballgames over chick flicks, but reality is if I want to have a relationship with a man I should be learning to walk in heels, batting my eyelashes, and pretending I don’t know a holding call from a infield fly. Sigh.
