In yesterday’s NY Times, columnist John Tierney points out that 57% of today’s college graduates are female, and as the trend continues, we will very soon see three female college graduates for every two males. So he asks: Who will the third woman marry?
According to Tierney, research says that while men don’t mind a spouse who makes more money than they do, women DO mind a spouse who makes less. This seems to create a conundrum for both high-school educated men and college-educated women.
Feels to me like more of the: “Oh no, if you’re not married by 30 you never will be!” alarmism that rears its ugly head to scare women in new variations every decade or so.
I’m 37 and single. Divorced, even. With two college degrees. Looks like my marriage prospects are pretty slim.
Oh no, oh no!
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