If she were either articulate or classy, she would have never posted that bullcrap in the first place. “Articulate” and “classy” finds a significant other the old-fashioned way, through meshing of personalities. If you want to pick your mate off a shelf, there are websites for that.

I'm betting this was put on Craigslist as a joke or a parody. Not that there aren't people who think like this . . .

Reminds me of the 'personals ad':

'Seeking single woman 20-35, enjoys outdoor activity, camping, hunting, fishing, and must own truck. Please respond, include picture of truck.'

It seems to me that if money and looks are all that is involved, it's a no-go from the beginning. She's offering herself as a temporary commodity, the same thing as hookers do. Once they're married, what is there? He works long hours to make the money, she spends it.

I know two very pretty women at work. They can't hold a conversation with even an average person.

Questions they've asked:
What is scurvy?
The Revolutionary War? What's that?
What does 'expedient' mean?
Down? What's down? I think there are feathers in my vest because sometimes they come out.

They can talk makeup and clothes by the hour, but they never do anything for anyone else. Every waking hour is centered around them, and what they want, and what other people can do for them.

They're rather pathetic individuals, IMHO.

Sue

1 million is middle class in NY? I do pretty well for myself on 5% of that.

1) Any woman with sense always marries the richest decent man she can find.

2) What's wrong with wanting to marry to advantage?

3) She's got looks, brains to match and she's honest about what she wants.

4) As its put in Little Women:

"A man possessed of a fortune is in need of a wife."


5) Advert should have been:

Husband wanted.
Personal fortune a necessity.
Sense of humour required. (let's the business man out!)

I hope that she succeeds.

I wonder what is the lease rate for her. I hope the lease is competitive.

> As its put in Little Women: "A man possessed of a fortune is in need of a wife."

No one in Little Women would have said that. That was from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin.

The British have always been a bit different about things like that. The American feeling tends to be, Why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free?

Sue

I was starting to wonder when you would post on this thread.

Ah, the satisfaction...


I raised my daughters to be wholly different. Whomever they find in life better be able to keep up with them.



Sad to say, I've known women such as you describe at your office. Man, what a burden they were (note the past tense). Real nice on the eyes, but wholly uninteresting in conversation, save for the prospect of eventually bedding them if I listened long enough, and then what a drain on the wallet afterwards. Quid Pro Quo I suppose, but I gotta think I'd have fared better with a decent hooker; at least then I wouldn't have to listen to the cluck-cluck-cluck for hours beforehand, and I would know what it would cost me up front...

From Pride and Predjudice by Jane Austin



The feminist revolution continues apace to revolutionise the world. This poor New York Girls predictament is perhaps just an indication of the start of the counter revolution.