Wham wrote: I know i should end up in hot furnace for saying this, but while my Dad has a PhD and graduated Phi Betta Kappa, my Mom was never really all that sharp... But she WAS a wonderful Mom when i was growing up - and she still is a wonderful Mom and Grandmother.
Sapph.....we're in Singapore, only money "theme" is used here. But I'm in agreement with you. I just listen to my heart, think my wife did as well, that's why we're so poor that we "don't have a pot to p1ss in, nor a window to throw it out" But, after 23 years we still got each other for better or worse (and have had our share of both!)sapphire wrote:This thread and certain posts make me feel that I'm not so cynical after all! Sheesh, so much analysing, what happened to good ole 'follow your heart' theme when it comes to finding a partner?
Yup, you're right, there are anomolies in every country.sapphire wrote:SMS, I think, maybe money is the theme here because to enjoy anything here you need money, even to just sit on a man made beach! I do hate generalising, I'm sure there are many Singaporeans who are different. Your wife being one of them.
He would also have to be dumber than the girl to want to marry her, no?locallass wrote:Oh no, this again. Somehow this topic crops up again and again and again. I'm sick of it. Who cares- let people date/marry who they want to. If a guy wants a dumb girl, he isn't the sort I would consider dating anyway.
Have you ever heard of the book 'One True Thing'? Is it Anna Quindlen? It was also a decent film with Renes Zellweger, Meryl Streep and William Hurt.Vaucluse wrote:Wham wrote: I know i should end up in hot furnace for saying this, but while my Dad has a PhD and graduated Phi Betta Kappa, my Mom was never really all that sharp... But she WAS a wonderful Mom when i was growing up - and she still is a wonderful Mom and Grandmother.
Strange that Wham would come up with the same linear thinking . . . My father was also highly educated (but not in a Greek University like Wham's father: Phi Betta Kappa), but my mother was not - just finished high school, actually, and worked in an electronics shop when they met.
Did either of them see it as a marriage up or down? Hardly. Did they manage to make it through decades of moving, raising children, moving again and again - the stress of living in 'uncivilised' countries in the 60's and 70's? Absolutely! And who was the backbone of this family? Two guesses (Saint gets three because he 'anagrammed' me Value Suc )
And yes, I can't think of a better mum than mine (Wham would disagree, of course ) - degree or not.
Thanks you Vaucluse, would get it in one as it the same answer for the majority of families.Vaucluse wrote: And who was the backbone of this family? Two guesses (Saint gets three because he 'anagrammed' me Value Suc )
"in a way"? jeeze, are we still perpetuating "Japanese women are submissive" inanities? you lived there, you should know betterKimi wrote:I still see many reasonable male friends of mine tying a knot w/ a rather boring, much less educated or even plain air-headed, "why her?" type of girl.
I also see many Westerners deliberately choosing a Japanese girl when I was living in Japan, who would turn out to be a happy housewife for them.
in a way."
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