Girl Power

Today’s NYT:

More Men Marrying Wealthier Women!

My favorite excerpt:

“Men now are increasingly likely to marry wives with more education and income than they have, and the reverse is true for women,” said Paul Fucito, spokesman for the Pew Center. “In recent decades, with the rise of well-paid working wives, the economic gains of marriage have been a greater benefit for men.”

The analysis examines Americans 30 to 44 years old, the first generation in which more women than men have college degrees. Women’s earnings have been increasing faster than men’s since the 1970s.

“We’ve known for some time that men need marriage more than women from the standpoint of physical and mental well-being,” said Stephanie Coontz, a professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., and research director for the Council on Contemporary Families, a research and advocacy group. “Now it is becoming increasingly important to their economic well-being as well.”

Blind Date

Last week, my friend J sent me an email and asked me if I wanted to meet a friend of his, M.  M was supposedly very cool… described as: “funny, very smart, well educated, and has lived in NYC, Chicago, DC and now 4 blocks away from you in SF.”  Awesome, I thought we have a lot in common.  This would be an awesome time to meet new people and friends living in SF, since it seems that every potential love interest I have at the moment lives either across the country, in Germany or in Singapore.  I thought I did my diligence… J sent me a picture of M from an event they went to together sometime last year. M was not excruciatingly good-looking, but he was handsome with dark eyes.  J gave M my email and we exchanged a few pleasantries.  Spur of the moment last night, we decided to meet this morning at my favorite restaurant in the hood, Mission Beach Cafe for brunch.  Well, that’s about all the good stuff you’re going to hear.  If you’re opposed to hearing about me making fun of someone, stop reading now.