Actually, women with graduate degrees probably can fend for themselves financially - meaning they may feel free to date someone who doesn't make as much as they do - and they are probably more focused on finding someone who is an intellectual match.
Wouldn't in theory someone who was an intellectual match also be a financial match? Also, you may want to google hypergamy.
Originally Posted by kml
My BFF, who has nothing but her low-income job and a meager social security widow's check, is the one who really should be looking to date a guy who has at least a home and a pension or some such.
Great you are encouraging your friend to be a gold digger and you want to know why there is a problem with middle age dating.
Originally Posted by kml
(My minimum actually is that the guy be able to live within his means and provide for himself, but I don't care about much above that - I just don't want his financial worries to become mine. ) I also don't need a guy to have the same educational level as me, but I do need him to be intelligent.
So a quick google search will tell you that 34% of Americans are financially well of and 54% of Americans are intelligent so with your 2 basic requirements yo have narrowed it to about 10% of the population.
