For want of a lot of good men

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Zzyzx_Road said:
But would today’s American women accept a carpenter? Even a good, high quality carpenter? Or some other trade?
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Based off of my personal experience, I’m pretty sure they would. My brother, for instance, is 25, and tinkers around doing random jobs, and seems to have no shortage of women interested in him. He tells me the women all think they’re princesses, and then gives them the cold shoulder. I tell him they are. My sister married a sweet guy who ships packages. They’re doing great.

Second thoughts on my brothers comments about women… the majority of 20-30 yr old women I meet are hard-working, very opinionated, and usually feminist. Hardly princesses. But it seems to me that man are VERY attracted to responsibility. So, maybe that’s the problem. Young women aren’t giving men responsibility.
 
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I married a man who lived in a spare room in the stables at the racetrack. He was a thorobred groom and I was an exercise rider. We lived out of our car or in tents many times during moves from one place to another, all across the US. We never pay for a hotel to stay in. Even after I graduated college and he joined the military we have continued doing just that during moves and travel. We have been happily married for nearly 30 years. We are raising 8 kids together.

Most people I know are unskilled workers, have a trade, or are enlisted military. Most are also married and raising families. A large segment of the population doesn’t seem to have a problem with men that aren’t professionals. And that includes many of us ladies that have college degrees.
 
Excellent!

I listed several “deal-breakers” above. I would rather marry a clean-living, faith-filled man who works with his hands than a “professional” who is abusive, addicted, or overly-attached to his Mama or enamored with his own perfection!
 
I am a woman, and frankly I think her problem is she is looking for someone religious and woeldly wise. What is her definition of worldly wise anyway?
 
Good point. That is why people prefer to marry someone rhey have a lot of similarities with, including faith, values, socioeconomic status, educational background, culture.
 
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