[lbo-talk] women dating down

[John Adams]

From: Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com>

>This article mistakes dating down as marrying people who aren't as smart as 
you.  But women have been doing that since the dawn of time.  Marrying down 
is someone who makes less money than you and always will so that you will 
always be in part or in whole supporting them.

I always find it hard to resist quoting Randy Newman, even though I realized recently that he's not an ironist or a satirist, but really means and believes pretty much everything he says.

This is from "The World Isn't Fair": http://www.randynewman.com/tocdiscography/disc_bad_love/lyricsbadlove#theworldisntfair

If Marx were living today
He'd be rolling around in his grave
And if I had him here in my mansion on the hill
I'd tell him a story t'would give his old heart a chill
It's something that happened to me

I'd say, Karl I recently stumbled
Into a new family
With two little children in school
Where all little children should be
I went to the orientation
All the young mommies were there
Karl, you never have seen such a glorious sight
As these beautiful women arrayed for the night
Just like countesses, empresses, movie stars and queens
And they'd come there with men much like me
Froggish men, unpleasant to see
Were you to kiss one, Karl
Nary a prince would there be