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| We're just too clever to find a boyfriend! |
| 2017-09-27 |
| For Natasha Hooper, the most important part of pre-date preparation isn’t getting her hair done, waxing her legs or buying a new dress. Instead, she is more preoccupied with composing a list of conversational topics which she hopes will bridge the gap between her highbrow preoccupations, and the more mainstream interests of her dates. As an accidental indicator of how she views relationships. Waiting in a bar for a young man a few weeks ago, she ran through possible options, before settling on the subject of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. A surefire way, the 22-year-old undergraduate reasoned, to guarantee an interesting debate. Just a guess on my part. The unidentified young man wasn't interested in debate. Yet while the 30-year-old office worker who sat down in front of her was handsome, polite and smartly-dressed, the minute Natasha brought up the Labour leader’s policies, any spark of attraction was extinguished. ‘When I mentioned Jeremy Corbyn he said: “Who’s that?” I couldn’t believe it,’ says Natasha. After 90 minutes discussing what she describes as ‘benign’ subjects, such as reality TV and football, Natasha made her excuses and left, no closer to finding Mr Right. A quote from M*A*S*H is helpful: She is trying to find a custom fit in an off the rack world. With long dark hair, big brown eyes and a stunning Size 8 figure, Natasha — entering her final year at Goldsmiths, University of London — has no problem attracting male attention. The issue, she explains, is the calibre of men she attracts. ‘I’m not claiming to be Albert Einstein, but I can’t seem to meet a man I find intellectually stimulating,’ she says. Nor is she the only well-educated young woman who says she is too clever to find love. Taking herself a whole lot less seriously would be a good place to start. Indeed, she is one of a growing breed of women who fear — perhaps with good reason — they will be left on the proverbial shelf because of a shortage of educated men. Recent figures from the university admissions service UCAS showed that 30,000 more women than men are starting degree courses in the UK. On A-level results day last month, 133,280 British women aged 18 secured a university place compared with 103,800 men of the same age. The effects of this carry over into the workplace, where women aged from 22 to 29 typically now earn £1,111 more a year than their male peers. Read the rest at the link |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #36 Worn, good. I just write and don't look as I should. Bad habit. Curious as I am so absorbed in writing. |
| Posted by: Dale 2017-09-27 20:16 |
| #35 This explains the story of the ravaged sexbot in Austria. |
| Posted by: charger 2017-09-27 18:39 |
| #34 Okay, now that I see that she's a dead-ringer for Rudy Giuliani in drag, I have to admit, I'm three-quarters aroused. Whahahahhaa. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-27 17:02 |
| #33 Jacqueline Mackie Paisley Passey "I'm a complete catch" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-27 16:56 |
| #32 No problem attracting male attention, until she starts talking that is. Leading a first date with politics, or as a 22 year old the previously stated and more accurate, talking points. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2017-09-27 16:38 |
| #31 |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2017-09-27 15:59 |
| #30 Man hands, Dale |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2017-09-27 15:54 |
| #29 It would probably help our undergraduate to read Re-Modeling the Mind: Personality in Balance, written by a friend of mine, to figure out what kind of man she really would be happiest married to, and how to communicate with him, instead of assuming that she is a high status female who deserves a particular kind of trophy husband. I strongly suspect the polite, dapper office gentleman knows exactly who Mr. Corbin is, and pegged Ms Hooper as an undesirable lefty pseudo-intellectual as soon as she brought up the topic. As for finding gentlemen who share her "highbrow interests", she would be wise to volunteer for political campaigns and otherwise actively pursue her activities connected to those interests, looking to the gentlemen there for her matirmonial targets -- the location and activity would presort for conversational topics, and she would be able to see how they function in their natural environment. And by the way: a truly intelligent young woman -- much like a truly intelligent young man -- can find ways to connect commonplace subjects like footie and reality TV to more esoteric subjects. But such conversations don't happen when one party goes in assuming the other will have nothing to say worth listening to. Our girl has what used to be called a false class consciousness, a dreadful handicap. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-27 15:53 |
| #28 Check out the sharp elbows! Horrendous! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-27 15:11 |
| #27 For her age her right hand seems puffy. God case for arthritis or fibromyalgia. |
| Posted by: Dale 2017-09-27 12:53 |
| #26 >30,000 more women than men are starting degree courses in the UK and they're doing it in useless wage destroying areas. Yet they have the nerve to call themselves clever. Dunning Kruger is a symptom of the left. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-09-27 12:53 |
| #25 She may be considered a nine in UK, but stateside she's a lardy, smug four. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2017-09-27 12:28 |
| #24 I sympathize with Natasha. She obviously makes herself pretty for a date and takes time to think about what to talk about. That's good not bad. Furthermore, if you live in Britain, you really should know who Jeremy Corbyn is. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2017-09-27 12:10 |
| #23 It's the UK Daily Mail - shouldn't there be a all-caps somewhere in the headline? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-09-27 11:34 |
| #22 Just saw her picture, I'd hit it ... with a tree branch. Plus that picture shows she puts more effort into her photo shoots than her dates. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-09-27 11:13 |
| #21 This is the slow paced version of the Darwin awards. Not as flashy as the lit farts, dumping gasoline on fire-pits or any other "hold my beer" activities, but just as effective. In 20 years Natasha will be moaning and kvetching about how men denied her the biological need to make another clone of herself. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2017-09-27 11:05 |
| #20 Since when is talking politics "highbrow"? |
| Posted by: Iblis 2017-09-27 11:02 |
| #19 If she was truly intellectual or intelligent or well-read, whe wouldn't need to prepare a script of topics to discuss with a date. If you can't talk off the top of your head about macroeconomics or monetary policy, don't script it. A true phony in all of its manifestations. Maybe she should read a book or two, go to a museum or attend a concert instead of complaining on Facebook or twitter. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-09-27 10:40 |
| #18 I could write a best seller, if I could demand research papers from 1 through 17. And to think, it's only just 0845. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-27 08:51 |
| #17 Not.That.Hot. "Like many arts degrees, her media and communications course is dominated by female students, and Natasha claims the few male undergraduates ‘lack the intellectual maturity to handle conversations’." Yep |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-27 08:43 |
| #16 As the pop song says - why don't you just go and love yourself. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-09-27 08:24 |
| #15 I've always found that there is a distinct difference between being merely 'educated' and actually 'intelligent'. I find the latter quite appealing. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2017-09-27 08:17 |
| #14 I would like to add I have recently seen people from Nepal. Large families traveling here. Seems a large population in Baltimore and I believe Indiana. One group with grandparents their children and their children with a newborn as well. I'd guess about fifteen. Smiling happy people. Then a little girl asked if the picture of a young girl was lost. No she was not old enough to purchase alcohol or tobacco products. Her dad asked her what is alcohol?. Her response was beer?. They left but she came back and waved goodbye. Very nice smiling people. |
| Posted by: Dale 2017-09-27 08:09 |
| #13 #7 you are correct. A fellow in England has written a book on the subject. Industrialized world is in population decline hence the immigration efforts. The poor will have children. The Moslem promote large families. The role of man has been attacked for many years in the western world. Look how people now avoid NFL. Same thing. The women protest. The men pay. Life is so much calmer single. So much less drama. The women are so critical of their men. Never support or praise. When the women have money their biggest fear is a man will steal it from them. These are the well educated women who have paid off their school bills and have purchased their homes in their twenties. Talking to them is like talking to a calculator. Young and old women are turning to drugs to escape. The life expectancy for women is now the same as for men. So many women strung out and warn out who are also impossible to communicate with. |
| Posted by: Dale 2017-09-27 07:59 |
| #12 Oh men handle educated women just fine. Its *you* they find offensive. She's not looking for a boyfriend - she's looking for an echo chamber. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2017-09-27 07:54 |
| #11 "I’m not claiming to be Albert Einstein, but I can’t seem to meet a man I find intellectually stimulating" The mating cry of the self-important, status seeking pseudointellectual. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2017-09-27 06:17 |
| #10 It's long been known that on average men marry down and women marry up. IMO, It's primarily due to women wanting better survival prospects for their offspring. So this lady can blame her sisters for snapping up the smart and capable men, leaving the rejects for her. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-09-27 06:17 |
| #9 30,000 more women than men are starting degree courses in the UK. Leaving aside the whole cat-lady thing for a moment... we keep seeing stats about more women getting college degrees than men, but no one ever mentions what these degrees are. Dollars to donuts, they are not in STEM fields but rather MFAs in Pottery, Ancient Etruscan Women's Poetry, and various Grievance Studies - fields which pretty much guarantee the they won't be able to pay off their student loans. "Do you want fries with that?" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-09-27 05:33 |
| #8 Basically a division of labor dispute. Everyone wants to be hunter-gatherers. No one wants to cook, care for infants, or scrape skins. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-27 03:50 |
| #7 This is the MGTOW movement. "Men going their own way". They've seen what an awful deal marriage is for men, and know the women out there are toxic and will never be happy with a mere human. They've checked out of the race and are relaxing poolside. Meanwhile crazy ladies like this are going to screech while they find that they drove off all the men. |
| Posted by: Harcourt Angoluting9366 2017-09-27 03:47 |
| #6 Let me guess. Straight A student. IQ ~ 80. Not bad looking until she opens her yap. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-09-27 03:38 |
| #5 ...the calibre of men she attracts. For some reason a nerf gun came to mind. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2017-09-27 03:26 |
| #4 1) She's not that attractive... 2) ...who confuses (intentionally or otherwise) smug leftwing politics with 'high intellect'. I'd only date this broad to see if I could cause her to faint when I'd tell her what I thought of Corbin. |
| Posted by: Raj 2017-09-27 01:43 |
| #3 EverReady AA. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-09-27 00:46 |
| #2 He could of fixed her car or house or plumbing or power or computer or many even in bed - but no she only worried about politics. What a worthless shrew. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-09-27 00:38 |
| #1 It is better to punch yourself in the balls as hard as you can or shoot yourself in the face than date a democrat. Because none of it will ever make any sense. See, You were given opposable thumbs which could save you a lifetime of hate, hurt, and cat 6 idiocy in your bedroom. I suggest you masturbate instead of breeding with hateful, disgusting democrats. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-09-27 00:14 |