Comments on: The Dating Pool Shrinketh

By: Mark33

Mark33 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:29:53 +0000

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By: Coder68

Coder68 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:51:23 +0000

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By: Barbara29

Barbara29 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:15 +0000

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By: UkrainianGirls

UkrainianGirls — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:57:32 +0000

I think that it is a very interesting and amusing article. Practically all its main points are true.

By: Princess Pointful

Princess Pointful — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:49:15 +0000

I can feel this one. Sometimes I feel like pursuing a PhD scares men away more than bad B.O.– like men don’t want to feel like women may be more ambitious or opinionated than they are. However, I swear guys who like smart girls are out there– I found one who likes my nerdiness!!

By: Reagan

Reagan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 05:14:38 +0000

I think you really hit on something with you being put together and expecting the same from a man. It is increasingly clear to me that women are surging ahead in the game of life…

By: teality

teality — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:59:11 +0000

Interesting, indeed. I think that because of CIRCUMSTANCE, it makes it easier for people with like degrees or like-minded ambitions to fall for each other. And it is easier to relate to someone on the same “level” as you.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:58:29 +0000

I’m not sure about the shrinkage of the dating pool with education - it has been a lot of years since I was in the pool. I can say that my wife and I both have advanced degrees. One of the things I intentionally looked for in my dating days was someone who was intelligent and who could stand up to me intellectually. I cannot help but think that there others like me to be found in the dating pool.

I have a number of young friends and colleagues (male) who sing the opposite side of the lament that they cannot find the intelligent, independent, educated women they seek. The problem may be in connecting the men seeking smart and independent women with the smart and independent women seeking men. One of the hazards of higher education is a generally shrinking social contact pool with the educational and career progress. I suspect that that may be the real issue.

Good luck in your pursuits.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:08:29 +0000

Ahhh… the infamous Sex and the City line.. its funny cause i put it up on my facebook status this week too!

Just to add on, i feel this is particularly true in an Asian context. Especially a girl who has got her act together… But I say rock on, bring on the brains and beauty. Someone has got to like it!

What’s a girl gotta do to get some love!??

Cheers.

By: Caz

Caz — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:24:39 +0000

hmmm interesting… I agree with the points, but at the same time the majority of my REAL relationships have all been with guys who didn’t (or didn’t plan to) get a college education. And they were great, but I was also pretty young.

I don’t have experience dating in the non-college world considering I met the boyf in 3rd year and we’re still together now. He however is a tradie (Aussie slang for blue-collar workers) but did two years of an engineering degree before he decided he didn’t like it. He’s rediculosly smart and excelled all the way through school, but chose to work in trades. Maybe that’s why it’s different though -he is intellectually interesting and smart which is one of the reasons I like him.

Hmm, I wonder how it’ll go when I start work on my Masters?