Well, a woman is a fool if she marries a man with no paternal instinct...even if she gets turned-off when suggestions that she might need to wear long underwear manifest from excessive St.Bernardism. One of the events that rung the death-knell of my marriage was when I was in a relatively relaxed mode with my 2bx and he took that as an opportunity to bring up the concept of quitting his job in the not too distant future. I said something about paying for our D's college and he said something like "Oh, she'll be alright. She always lands on her feet." What a PAL.
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver