ofut@gatech.UUCP (11/20/83)
I can't blame a woman for not wanting a man unless he has some amount of money or supportive ability. I certainly wouldn't marry a woman unless she was capable of supporting herself. Being rich was not a requirement, but it would have helped.... -- Jeff Offutt School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA CSNet: Ofut @ GATech ARPA: Ofut.GATech @ Csnet-Relay uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,rlgvax,sb1,unmvax,ulysses,ut-sally}!gatech!ofut
plaskon@hplabsc.UUCP (Dawn Plaskon) (11/30/83)
Having been married for seven years to a man of little or no supportive potential, I am certainly interested in the ability of any prospective partner to support himself reasonably. I am also prepared to support myself, as I have been doing for the past 12 years. Being the sole worker in a relationship, when you are a women and working in a field (banking) not noted for its high salaries is not fun. I have since gotten divorced, moved into the CS industry, and taken up with someone quite capable of being responsible for himself. I think that an inability to work at a level sufficient to provide self-support, if due to a lack of the desire to work and not because of some external factor, displays irresponsibility on the loafers part. And since accepting responsibility for one's own actions is a very major part of being an adult, I do not think that women or men can be blamed for wishing to avoid becoming attached to someone who is not willing to be adult in their behavior