Quote: (08-07-2014 11:24 PM)HeavyInTheGame Wrote:
I get shit from my parents about this when I'm home, if I happen to date a girl who maybe goes to community college, or is in some sort of vocational school.
It's definitely great to have a girl that's on the same page as you, but that means different things to different folks. A shared vision where you each know the role you will play, whatever that may be, is ideal. If your vision involves starting a law firm with your girlfriend or wife as your partner, well then, that's clear cut, she's got to get a degree. If your vision involves you taking care of the finances and her taking care of the home, then you want to make sure she has very high emotional intelligence. Aside from your vision, if she has a college degree, that's great, it shows an ability to focus on a long-term task, follow through, and complete it. If she doesn't have a college degree, that's fine too, but what has she been doing with her time, then? Vocational training? That's great. On the other hand, if she's staying home and streaming movies/smoking dope while working a minimum wage job with no concrete actions towards self-improvement, that's not great, those girls are a bad bet, and you shouldn't risk letting them drag you down.
Quote: (08-07-2014 11:24 PM)HeavyInTheGame Wrote:
I actually prefer these girls to the ones I see at college, because they seem to demand and want less, than your typical university girl.
Girls want to date up, which is what you're seeing here, the uni girls demand more from you because they want to make sure they are dating up, while the vocational school girls and community college girls already see you as being of higher value.
Quote: (08-07-2014 11:24 PM)HeavyInTheGame Wrote:
What are your experiences with this? Do you need to date someone on your own intellectual level? Or income level?
This goes back to the previous points. Girls want to date up. It's an aphrodisiac for a woman to date up. Educated, high income women aren't looking forward to finding a homeless man, getting on their knees, and blowing him. They also aren't looking forward to dating their equal, either. They'll pay that ideal lip service, and they'll settle for a man they see as an "equal" if they have to, but they really want a man they can look up to, both literally and figuratively.
Figure out your vision, man. Figure out the kind of man you want to be, and the kind of reality you wish to live in, and then date a girl that's on the same page as you.
Whatever made your parents happy (if they're happy) won't necessarily work for you. Then again, it might. You just really have to know yourself and what you want out of life before you can have the best answers for these questions, as they pertain to you.