This has an a very, very interesting thread. I appreciate all the folks putting their personal experiences out there. It’s interesting but as a guy over 40 who feels pretty attractive and happy about being a good person, I do feel that the messages women get through the media have made them so selfish that many are intolerable. And others are merely smart enough to make an effort to disguise it. But often they don’t even after a little bit of time.
One woman said to me that 90% of women get married for security. If so, then really it’s just a temporary economic arrangement and when economics change, so does the marital status.
Here in NYC, divorce is on the rise and many of them are driven by women who had husbands in the financial sector who have now take a hit and lost jobs. The men fight with the women about going back to work or spending less and the women refuse.
So it’s on to divorce.
What it must feel like to wake up to that. I can’t imagine and I have to say I don’t want to either.
One buddy married a very nice woman from back to college days She would never think divorce and even said she’d kill him before seeing that happen. As there has been ups and downs my respect for her is even greater. But then again, she is Catholic and believes in her responsibilities all around. And that’s more rare I guess.
