Relationships: Marry Mr. Good Enough??

Lori Gottlieb is the author of a new book called Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough. Time Magazine featured her in a Q&A session to hear to her thoughts about when women should stop waiting for Mr. Right.

You can read the article HERE
It`s an interesting piece. I found her points realistic and whitty. One of my favourite answers is when she talks about how much women overestimate their desirability; in other words, thinking their the ish when realistically they may have nothing to offer a good man even if Mr. Right were to come into their lives.

Gottlieb says, "I talked to a lot of experts about this sort of sense of entitlement that women of our generation grew up with. I'm all for girl power and all of that, but I think that a lot of us are "yes women" to each other. We say, "You should hold out for the better guy. Oh yes, absolutely, you deserve the best." I think we do ourselves a disservice where we kind of inflate each other's egos to the point of unreality."

She continues..
"There's nothing wrong with having high expectations. But there's a difference between having high expectations and having a completely unrealistic sense of what you can offer a partner and what he can offer you."

What is your defintion of Mr. Right and do you see yourself waiting untill he comes along even if it takes several months, maybe even several years?

Or are you willing to settle for a man who may not have all the qualities you're looking for but comes close?

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts,

Pauleanna

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