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A comment on The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be Happy (2010). Parent comment

Re:The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be... by sliverstorm on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @01:44PM (#12299113)
The idea isn't that you have a nice car and that makes you attractive. It just gets simplified to that for caricature.

The idea is, no matter who you are as a person, the version of you that is healthy, fit, and clearly never has to worry about money, is one of the more attractive versions of you. She's not a gold digger, she just wants to be with someone who is financially secure.

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Re:The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be... by jazzyk on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @02:16PM (#12299371)
The context here is "first date".

There are far more important things to think about on first date such as "Do I like this guy?", not how expensive his car is.

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Re:The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes It Hard to Be... by freshhawk on Tuesday August 16, 2016 @02:08PM (#12299313)
Even "she wants to be with someone who is financially secure" seems to get taken the wrong way.

One relationship has more fun/fulfilling lifestyle options available and the other has fewer. This applies to anyone regardless of gender, although a lot of people have hangups about traditional roles and money.

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