By now you’ve been sent (multiple times) the infamous “Craig’s List” posting from “a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl… looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year,” and the reply from a “banker” which said, among other things, that the "offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a cr@ppy business deal.” There have been a couple of articles in the New York Times, New York Magazine and many other places about it. Read it if you have not already.
You can’t fault her for trying. Can you? You can fault her for the way she put her “proposal” together. Here’s how she could have done it to say some grief:
Spectacularly beautiful 25 year old girl looking to get married
I'm an articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful 25 year-old girl. I am tired of dating and am ready to get married. Ideally my spouse will be a nice guy with upper bracket income.
You’ll get my spectacularly looks as well as an exceptional level of culture and sophistication – which means you’ll have beauty AND brains - and a wife who has what so many girls lack today: an old fashioned ability to keep a nice home and hearth.
In lieu of a person, I am also looking for tips on how I can find my ideal mate. Where do men looking for marriage to a woman like me hang out? Are there specific bars, restaurants or gyms I should be going to? Can you help me understand what it is they are looking for in a mate?
Could my career be hampering my ability to find my ideal mate? Your help and honesty will be greatly appreciated. I'm putting myself out there in an honest way and I am searching for the one that is searching for me.
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You can’t really fix the rebuttal. It’s hard to fix something near perfection. (minus the sexism, of course.) I wonder how Tom would rewrite it?
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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