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From: rgale@man.UUCP (Ryan Gale)
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Subject: Re: Career vs. Relationship?
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I think the point is being missed.  Ellen says

>>If there aren't that many around who will ... at least I'll be
>>finding quality when I find one.

Phil replies

>Or a wimp.

Phil isn't saying that a man fitting Ellen's description will necessarily
be a wimp; he's saying that she will not necessarily have found Quality.

Another possibility is that she will have found someone whose self-esteem
(or actual ability) is so low that he will cling desperately to her in the
hope that she will provide a better life for him than he'd be able to 
provide for himself.  This man may or may not be a wimp, but I suspect
Ellen would not describe him as quality.


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Ryan Gale 
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