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From: janec@tektools.UUCP (Jane Caputo)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: More women than men
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 22:38:53 EDT
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> >Often, yes.  I imagine many young girls would likely marry on the basis
> >of affection mainly.  But then their parents get hold of them and
> >say -  "It's just as easy to fall in love with a rich boy as a poor one."
> >This advice is not without merit, but, of course, should be employed
> >with moderation.
> >
> >						Mike Sykora
> 
> :-)  This is exactly the advice I got from my mother when I was 18.
> (Yeah, I was a late bloomer).  I reminded her of this recently, and
> her remark was "My, I certainly was cynical then, wasn't I?" :-)
> 
> Moira Mallison

And that's exactly the advice I'm giving to my 18-year-old, who insists
on finding the few boys in her wealthy school district that are as poor
as her parents.  Anyway, her response is an icy "I don't care, I'm setting
up an IRA."  So maybe women really have learned something in the last
generation. . .  :-)