Woman in their late 30's - to early 40's...Please tell me if you have some regrets if you went down this road

Question

Did you get stuck in that whole feminist movement thingy back in the 80's and end up going to college and then getting a career. While doing that for about 10 or more years - did you lose your sex appeal and now find yourself with plenty of money but no family or kids to care for? Do you have regrets and wished you had just done the course your Mom and Dad had taken? If not you, do you know any woman living the predictament I describe? Thanks for sharing

Answer 1

Nope! Not me......

I dropped out of school in the 80s for my little girl.....

Got a really great job and ended up training brokers.....

But, nothing great.....

Some college.... and not ever in the feminist movement.....


-ginger

Answer 2

Yes, I know at least 5 women over 40 who never married, and that was pretty much the course for us. But i'll tell you, we were also very caught up in the message of the late 70's and 80's where there was real strong preaching for christian women about "waiting on the Lord for a mate". Some of us took this to heart and didn't do much looking , feeling that God had it covered. Needless to say, with a combination of the feminist movement and that preaching, some of us never married. I have to tell you I totally regret it, and i think I can speak for my 5 friends as well. We now think we should have put a lot more into working toward marriage. It's difficult with no family. Great question.

Answer 3

well i'm not a woman, but i know one that could answer that question with a definite YES. my sister.

she idolized gloria steinham and all those radical feminist types and learned how to be hostile and distrustful towards men. she went to college and refused many advances from men while there and got herself a good well paying career.

however, she now realizes that she's 42 and has no husband or children. she was very attractive when she was younger but has sinced gained about 40 lbs and didn't age well at all.

now she is angry for listening to those feminist types because she now knows that if she weren't so rebellious, she could have herself a man and possibly children.

our culture actually instructs young girls to be nasty to men. how many commercials or tv shows do you see where a woman coldly refuses a man's advances?? or "has better things to do" than be with a man? or we have shows like sex and the city where samantha's character teaches girls to use men for their own pleasures then dump them when they served their purpose and even the thought of marriage makes her sick to her stomach.

the harmful part of all of this is young girls think these types of women are "cool" and they mimic them in real life. it's easy for them to do this when they are young and attractive and have plenty of men hitting on them. but what they don't realize is that they will wake up one day and realize that they are 45 and not married and have no children. and they aren't as attractive as they once were and no man hits on her.

in other words, they won't realize that their time to get a husband and have children is limited until it's too late.

Answer 4

Never found that road thank goodness.