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Topic: "Smart Girls Marry Money..."

his_loss
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Posted: 11:40 AM, January 31st (Monday), 2011

by Elizabeth Ford and Daniela Drake.

I happened to come across this book the other day while perusing the relationship section at the library. I figured why not? it looks like an easy read that I can look at while I'm in the bathtub.

I'm about halfway through the book, taking it with a grain of salt. Some of the info./advice is very practical while some of it seems contradictory.

Has anyone else read this?

I have found my balls and you can bet your sweet ass I'm going to use them.

Logic + reality = the path to freedom.

Posts: 316 | Registered: Dec 2010 | From: Leading a life of quiet desperation

OnceInALifetime
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Posted: 1:16 PM, January 31st (Monday), 2011

Is this a book about how to become a trophy wife?

BH, now divorced

Posts: 3529 | Registered: Oct 2009 | From: New England

wannabenormal
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Posted: 1:46 PM, January 31st (Monday), 2011

I hope so! I need to get my ass in gear!

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his_loss
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Posted: 11:54 AM, February 1st (Tuesday), 2011

Well, in a nutshell...yes. Like I said, some good practical information, some not so good. Interesting though. I'm always fascinated with relationship dynamics and how things work.

I have found my balls and you can bet your sweet ass I'm going to use them.

Logic + reality = the path to freedom.

Posts: 316 | Registered: Dec 2010 | From: Leading a life of quiet desperation

heartnotwhole
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Posted: 9:53 AM, February 5th (Saturday), 2011

I think MOW must have read this one! She didn't get to marry WH but she did get thousands of $$$$ spent on her.

Me: BS (47) Him: WS(51) MW: (41) employee of WS D-day: 1/2010
3 kids (18,17,14) Married 21 years

Posts: 309 | Registered: Sep 2010

ladyvorkosigan
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Posted: 10:04 AM, February 5th (Saturday), 2011

But wise women make their own.

It nagged him, in particular, that none of the girls he’d known so far had given him a sense of unalloyed triumph.

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cautiousoptimist
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Posted: 11:14 AM, February 5th (Saturday), 2011

yes, ladyv! I'm sorry but I want and need the powwaaahhh!

Me: BW, 43
Him: FWH, 50, alcoholic/drug addict in rehab, staying sober
D-day:4/30/09
Marriage 11 years
In R, doing our best
I will have it even so.

Posts: 652 | Registered: Jun 2009 | From: san diego

story to tell
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Posted: 9:57 AM, February 7th (Monday), 2011

Well, not having read the book, if the message therein is consistent with the pessimistic title, I would have to say that I think smart girls study hard, work hard, and become lawyers, doctors, engineers, politicians, social workers, etc. and don't consider the monetary wealth of their partners, but instead the goodness inside their hearts.

ME: BS, 46
Her: WW, 42
Married 14 years
2 young girls
EA 10/14/10-11/03/10
PA 10/22/10-11/03/10
DDay 11/04/10

Posts: 367 | Registered: Nov 2010

aesir
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Posted: 9:12 PM, February 8th (Tuesday), 2011

I have avoided commenting on this thread for a long time. Doesn't the title of this book sound a little too close to advocating prostitution?

Your mileage may vary... in accordance with the prophecy.

Do not back up. Severe tire damage.

Posts: 14924 | Registered: Nov 2007 | From: Winnipeg

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