Are smart, successful and Independent Women Unlucky in Love?

[sarahwill316]

Is it really as difficult for smart successful women to get married as it is for a rich men to get to heaven or a camel to go through the eye of a needle? Why does it seem easier for women to achieve success in the board room than it is to find love in the bedroom? Are the same qualities that make you successful turning off the men you want to marry?

Lately, several dating advice websites have been blogging about the difficulty smart and successful women have in attracting men. Evan Marc Katz has one of the top blogging sites in the area of dating. One of his most popular blog posts which attracted almost 500 comments was "Why don't men like smart, strong and successful women".

Evan says that "when a man goes out with a woman, he's not as concerned with whether she's articulate and on track to make partner at the law firm. That's what women want in men and they assume it's of equal importance to them". He says that what men are looking for in a girlfriend is "what they CAN'T get from their business associates. Warmth, affection, nurturing, thoughtfulness. If he finds himself constantly hearing all the things he needs to change, he may just determine that he wants a bright woman who is less challenging."

So is the problem being smart and successful or is it something else?

[Ennos]

I don’t think it’s that many men don’t like smart women but it’s the way a lot of the smart women come across with their attitude that turns men off. A lot of the smart women carry this snooty, nose up in the air, I’m better than you BS. These are usually the women that still live in high school life even though they have graduated college in their mid to late 20, to early 30?s, they think that nothing is ever wrong with them, nothing is certainly their fault, they want to blame everyone else but themselves for their own damn faults, they usually have this whiney attitude and the me me me, hey look at me attitude.

Yeah women like these are the water cooler women that stand around, completely gossip and think they are the sh*t. That’s only until they pi** off the wrong people and then they get put in their place real quick especially in the “real world”. But in today’s economy that attitude would get you walking papers out of a job faster than one could blink. With today’s economy bosses and managers hate that BS and they can and will get someone that is grown up and doesn’t have that complete BS attitude.