LOL! Mom, for real?

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<p>Have you seen this?</p>

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<p>[Princeton</a> alumna, who told female students to get married, defends provocative advice: ?Find a husband!’ - NY Daily News](<a href=“http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/princeton-mom-tells-girls-find-husband-article-1.1303301]Princeton”>Princeton alumna, who told female students to get married, defends provocative advice: ‘Find a husband!’ – New York Daily News)</p>

<p>I wonder if this woman is (or has ever been) a denizen of our august community of hand-wringers. I laughed so hard, I sprayed my keyboard with coffee. Really Mom? Really?</p>

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<p>This was beyond belief. The rest of the population is too stupid to be a spouse?! Eww!</p>

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<p>[Some</a> Poor Kid’s Mom Wrote a Letter to Princeton’s Student Newspaper Begging Girls to Date Her Son (UPDATE)](<a href=“http://gawker.com/5992914/some-poor-kids-mom-wrote-a-letter-to-princetons-student-newspaper-begging-girls-to-date-her-son]Some”>http://gawker.com/5992914/some-poor-kids-mom-wrote-a-letter-to-princetons-student-newspaper-begging-girls-to-date-her-son)</p>

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<p>Yes, between bouts of side-splitting laughter, I could only feel sorry for this woman’s sons. LOL!</p>

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<p>Well, I’ll give her this. She managed to insult both genders! And scare off any potential mates. What a terrifying in-law. Her poor, poor son.</p>

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<p>sounds like the Mom has read some CC threads …and seems to be laying the blame of her divorce on the fact that her ex didn’t go to Princeton…</p>

<p>“He went to a school of almost no name recognition. Almost no name recognition. A school that nobody has respect for, including him, really.”</p>

<p>woo boy. words are escaping me right now…</p>

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<p>If your daughter went to Princeton, wouldn’t you want her to marry a man smart enough to get into Princeton? In fact, if your daughter did not go to Princeton wouldn’t you want her to marry a man smart enough to get into Princeton? I think so. Sorry, but I don’t see the controversy. I didn’t read the 1977 female graduate of Princeton to be saying don’t have a career or be successful.</p>

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<p>Personally, I’d rather marry a good partner who is going to love and cherish me rather than base it off intelligence or the name on a diploma.</p>

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<p>Are you saying you would marry an illiterate man with a second grade education as long as he loved and cherished you?</p>

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<p>One, that’s an extreme. Two, yes I would, though it wouldn’t be my first choice. There are some on here who have spouses that are illiterate and seen to have done quite well by their spouses and children.</p>

<p>There is a very large range between a second grade education and Princeton. I just don’t put name of the college you went to on the top of my lost when screening perspective partners. That’s all.</p>

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<p>My dear friend is a high level executive who graduated from a top school and has a master’s degree. She is VERY happily married to an electrician who works in an auto plant. He’s not stupid. He IS perfect for her. </p>

<p>Love is love. It can be found in places you might not think to look …</p>

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<p>No wonder my son wouldn’t apply to Princeton. He wouldn’t have found a suitable spouse there! Definitely makes me downgrade Princeton as a school. So many better places for the MRS degree. And so many places to find a spouse while getting a better education.</p>

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<p>“The rest of the population is too stupid to be a spouse?”</p>

<p>Wait a minute, does this imply there are men out there smart enough to be a spouse?</p>

<p>Just kidding, I couldn’t resist!</p>

<p>“Are you saying you would marry an illiterate man with a second grade education as long as he loved and cherished you?”</p>

<p>Though you’re not asking me, I would say yes, theoretically (of course, he’d have to have a really nice butt, and do the dishes). But my history reveals I would only date or marry a pilot, who is also well educated (and has a nice butt and does the dishes).</p>

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<p>Bd, your response caused water to fly all over my screen. Thanks :p</p>

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<p>But there are many men who are “smart enough” to get into Princeton who did not get into Princeton or - gasp - didn’t go. (And probably a few who got in even though they were not smart enough)</p>

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<- The correct answer to this question is, “If he was rich enough.”</p>

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<p>You really need to read her letter. Here is what I saw as the “meat”… It’s all true. LOL</p>

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<p>Well, this is good news for my daughter. She could never get into Princeton, but she is very pretty. Maybe after she graduates from whatever “non-elite” school she goes to she can go work at a coffee shop near the university and prepare to be discovered by a worthy Princeton Man.</p>

<p>(Of course, she’s too smart for that. :))</p>

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<p>guessing that the men that “were smart enough to get into Princeton” circa 1977 wisely figured out Ms. Patton—hence, she did not marry one of them…</p>

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<p>I’m glad you were only drinking water, romani. Hey, a nice butt and doing the dishes are major positives in my book.</p>

<p>I’m going to look forward to reading this article with a glass of wine tonight. It sounds like a fun one!</p>

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<p>This must be satire, right?</p>

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<p>* we have almost priced ourselves out of the market. Simply put, there is a very limited population of men who are as smart or smarter than we are*</p>

<p>I doubt this is a representative but if it was it would certainly make me lose respect for the school.
I know some extremely intelligent people, including a few who would not surprise me if they were awarded a Noble prize someday.
These people would also be the first to admit that their knowledge just touches the surface of what is or can be known.
Just as nouveau riche folk with a little money, place much more importance on what they have, than anyone else does, so apparently do people with a * little* intelligence, overstate its importance.
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