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annagybe

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So here's why I'm failing.

http://slog.thestranger.com/sl.....heir-worth

I'm blonde with green eyes, and have two bachelor's degrees. I am a casual drinker and don't smoke though.

13 years ago

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rachylou

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Lol. GenX got a raw deal, that's what I say.

13 years ago

lyn*

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Drat; I got the wrong kind of MD.

13 years ago

Laurinda

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If Mr. Laurinda had spent $247.57 on our first date there would never have been a second date :-P.

13 years ago

bj1111

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well, anna, in some markets, a higher degree or multiple degrees is actually going to be a negative value!

this concept of women as having "economic value" is not new. as an immigrant, my mother aghast at my attitudes toward premarital sex, spat out that being a nonvirgin would "decrease my market value."

needless to say, we don't have those deep philosophical discussions any more. this was also the woman who, on my announcing my engagement, chimed in with much relief, "oh thank god, i don't have to worry about you any more."

13 years ago

rae

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"I bet if you surveyed 5,000 Seattle women—sorry, investments!—on how much money they'd pay to avoid going on a first date with some jackass who monetizes their physical, social, and educational attributes, it would be much higher than $247.57."

Amen. And ha!

Those results are the ideal characteristics of the kind of jerks who think it's possible to buy a good first date in the first place. The decent guys out there raised an eyebrow at the survey, marked of "$0.00" on every single question, and wrote in a quip about how he's not interested in an escort service.

FWIW, I met my husband online with a profile image that read, "picture pending your brilliance." Also made really good friends that I would have happily dated if there had been chemistry... none of them messaged me because of what I looked like.

13 years ago

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