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From: gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social
Subject: Re: Intelligence
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Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 12:22:51 EDT
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> From: regard@ttidcc.UUCP (Adrienne Regard)

>>Now that I'm through college and in the "real world", I have to say that the
>>same intelligence which caused me social problems in high school have enabled
>>me to get a well-paying job doing something I enjoy. So in that respect,
>>perhaps, I DO have it better than less intelligent people who had to settle
>>for something less. Now. But I've only had one steady girlfriend in six years,
>>and that for only four months. So I would not say I've had it all that much
>>"better" or "easier" -- emotional support is as necessary as financial
>>support.

> There is something dangerous in believing your situation doesn't have it's
> counterpart in the females of the world, and not trying to find those
> females who feel similarly to you.  Why do I get the feeling you are still
> missing the wealth of the population pool?  (Not trying to put words in
> your mouth here -- trying for clarification).

True.  I have started wondering recently how women my age and older feel who
haven't dated at all, or haven't dated much, or were never married, or were
married once but are no longer.  I wonder if they think they'll never be mar-
ried, or whether they've given up on the idea of marriage.  I wonder if they
think they'll never meet the man for them, because most men their age are
already married and the others are too young.  I wonder if career women have
it easier, because they can dedicate their lives to their careers, but maybe
they are just using their careers as substitutes.  Particularly, I wonder if
they feel they won't ever have children.

Comments welcome.
-- 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes we wonder how I keep from goin' under.

Greg Skinner (gregbo)
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