Date Lab: Wedding planner disappointed that man wasn't "overwhelmingly" her type
12-22-2013, 08:29 AM
She's a gold digger and he didn't have enough money or power. I'm surprised none of you picked up on this. Must be a DC thing.
In DC, there is a clique of nice-looking ex-sorority women involved in the upper crust charity scene. They even did a (failed) show about it, "Blonde Charity Mafia."
This girl's sorority charity project, which she speaks of in the video, is a training ground for her to try to leap into the DC "society" scene -- the one covered on blogs like Pamela's Punch and K Street Kate.
The women that run in these circles generally will only date seriously rich men -- at least when it comes to putting on a public front. She is the junior version of these women. DC attracts these women. So does New York. If you're outside of these scenes, it's easy to not get how cliquish they are. But I've rubbed elbows with these people and they're a society unto themselves. Her goal, IMO, is to break into this scene, which is why she's trying to achieve low-level celebrity via Date Lab. The problem for her is they didn't set her up with someone "important" enough.
If you get to know the "charity mafia" women outside of the public sphere, they're often pretty cool. But when cameras are clicking and reporters are around, they're the ultimate social-climbing snobs. That's what you saw here: the public front. Only the best of the best for her! (But if you met her at an out of town bar it might be a different story.)
Had he said he was a venture capitalist or junior partner in a law firm, she'd have felt different about him.
Unlike men, who choose women based mostly on looks and personality, women often have arcane, sociologically-driven reasons for choosing men. Sometimes these have to do with "class" and "breeding" and are contingent on what crowd they wish to fit in with. We all saw the young versions of this is in high school, with the girl who only dated the top athletes, etc. When we get to our twenties, we laugh at the slightly older version of this: the athlete groupies and girls who only screw guys in indie bands. This girl is one that only screws captains of industry -- hence the lack of dates, since these guys are hard to come by.
"Sorority president" should have been the giveaway. You don't just become that without a serious plan as to how you're going to fit into the adult world. This guy didn't fit her plans or vision of who she should be with.
In DC, there is a clique of nice-looking ex-sorority women involved in the upper crust charity scene. They even did a (failed) show about it, "Blonde Charity Mafia."
This girl's sorority charity project, which she speaks of in the video, is a training ground for her to try to leap into the DC "society" scene -- the one covered on blogs like Pamela's Punch and K Street Kate.
The women that run in these circles generally will only date seriously rich men -- at least when it comes to putting on a public front. She is the junior version of these women. DC attracts these women. So does New York. If you're outside of these scenes, it's easy to not get how cliquish they are. But I've rubbed elbows with these people and they're a society unto themselves. Her goal, IMO, is to break into this scene, which is why she's trying to achieve low-level celebrity via Date Lab. The problem for her is they didn't set her up with someone "important" enough.
If you get to know the "charity mafia" women outside of the public sphere, they're often pretty cool. But when cameras are clicking and reporters are around, they're the ultimate social-climbing snobs. That's what you saw here: the public front. Only the best of the best for her! (But if you met her at an out of town bar it might be a different story.)
Had he said he was a venture capitalist or junior partner in a law firm, she'd have felt different about him.
Unlike men, who choose women based mostly on looks and personality, women often have arcane, sociologically-driven reasons for choosing men. Sometimes these have to do with "class" and "breeding" and are contingent on what crowd they wish to fit in with. We all saw the young versions of this is in high school, with the girl who only dated the top athletes, etc. When we get to our twenties, we laugh at the slightly older version of this: the athlete groupies and girls who only screw guys in indie bands. This girl is one that only screws captains of industry -- hence the lack of dates, since these guys are hard to come by.
"Sorority president" should have been the giveaway. You don't just become that without a serious plan as to how you're going to fit into the adult world. This guy didn't fit her plans or vision of who she should be with.