What Women Want

While perusing The New York Times this morning, I came across an article entitled Putting Money on The Table. The point of the article was that many young women these days are making more money, often more than their male counterparts, and how their dating lives are being affected under those circumstances.

After reading the article, however, I began to reflect on how, as women, we really want it all. Is it possible for us to ever truly be happy? What we want is impossible to achieve. If we're being honest with ourselves, we want a man who makes more money than we do, despite the fact that most women will tell you it really doesn't matter how much he makes.

Oh yeah, I went there.

We want someone who will pick up the check, take care of us, buy us little gifts so we know they are thinking about us . . . but not feel threatened if we happen to make more money . . .

We don't want a glass ceiling, we don't want anyone to stop us from achieving our goals, but we always want our man to be someone we can be proud of, personally and professionally. Professionally speaking, that usually means a step or two up the ladder from us.

What we want is a man who will be there to support us emotionally, be sensitive to our physical, mental, and emotional needs, be around to help with the housework, the yardwork, and the kids . . . not someone who works long hours and is never home . . . BUT . . . we still want them to earn that big paycheck . . . which often means long hours and little time at home . . .

It's no wonder they can't figure us out . . .