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In The Battle Of The Single Banker Sexes: What Relationship Advice Can You Take to The Bank?
 

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kpaulet
     
 
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 on 8/11/12 at 8:00pm
'When Mars Women Date'

There's been a flurry of dating debates about whether bankers should date each other. Some male bankers are saying they wouldn't date female bankers because they're nerds, condescending, materialistic and critical of men. Many say they'd rather date teachers or some exotic trapeze artist--anything different from what they already do.

Conversely, some women don't date bankers because they find them self-absorbed, too busy and overly work-focused. Some single women who love bankers retract their love when 'status' falls away. We recall the DABA girls (Dating a Banker Anonymous) covered in the NY Times who started a group for girlfriends of bankers during the recession. Their blog was billed as “free from the scrutiny of feminists,” inviting women to join “if your monthly Bergdorf’s allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from your life.” They complained when their lifestyle changed because their boyfriends had lost their jobs.

Perhaps most especially on "Wall Street," status, perceptions and stereotypes prevail so it's a good microcosm from which to examine our blocks to love, on either front. And as Mother Teresa once said, 'If you judge people, you have no time to love them.' So let's start there.

As a psychologist who specializes in dating and just wrote a book about single career women finding love, I wanted to consider what might be beneath this apparent battle of the single successful sexes and what might prove some common emotional ground:

1- FUN & COMFORT:

Many successful hard driving singles (male or female) want fun and comfort at the end of the day, someone to understand and support them. Traditionally successful men have picked less educated and younger women to take on this role. Today some successful career women are doing the same. Sometimes they pick men who are less educated but more nurturing, romantic, supportive and playful.

2. SOMEONE WITH TIME:

Many bankers (male or female) are heavily work focused and have little time for domestic pursuits, fun, planning vacations etcetera. If they have a mate who excels at these things, it can balance them out and it will be less they have to deal with.

3. SOMEONE SIMPLE WHO CAN TAKE THEIR MIND OFF OF WORK:

After a day inundated with industry-related concerns it might be nice to escape shop talk, pressure and join someone in a completely different world to de-stress. This could apply to male or female bankers, or career singles in general)

ON THE OTHER HAND, Here are some opposing views to consider:

1. MUTUAL INTERESTS AND INTELLECT IS IMPORTANT: When looks fade and novelty of another background wears off, what will you talk about? Would it be good to share a passion for your career? Would it be helpful to have someone with whom you could share lengthy and inspiring discussions? Would education, accomplishments and career similarities be more important in the long run?

2. SHARED AMBITIONS AND GOALS CAN CREATE SYNERGY AND UNDERSTANDING: Who better to understand your stress, work hours and dreams than a partner who is experiencing the same thing? How could picking a similarly successful mate fuel your mutual dreams and life plan? Look at power couples like Hilary and Bill Clinton and Michelle and Barak Obama as examples.

3. BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER: Instead of thinking about the attraction of an opposite mate, consider finding someone who complements you, knows and respects what you are about because they are made from the same cloth.

So before you decimate your hot opposite sex office mate, remember you are in the same boat, and dating to find love is hard!

My book, 'When Mars Women Date' discusses whether single successful career people do better picking an opposite partner to balance them out or creating a 'power couple' to spur one another on. There are successful examples of each.

Also, here are some "Questions To Ask Yourself as a Single Career Person:"

1. Do You Want Substance Over Flash? Are you looking for a trophy wife or someone intelligent, successful and accomplished in her own right?

2. What Is Real Wholeness in Yourself and a Mate? Are you still picking a partner to balance you out or can you begin to make those changes within yourself and look for a similarly well-balanced mate?

3. Do I agree with the gender stereotypes associated with dating? Sure, your coworkers may all have the schoolteacher wives or ibanker husbands (if you are female), but what type of person would best complement you? Are you embarrassed or threatened about dating a woman as successful as you? Are you projecting all kinds of unfavorable stereotypes on successful single women as a result? And, for women, are you embarrassed about dating a less successful man who could love and support you and encourage you to succeed at your dreams?

There are no cookie-cutter answers here but it's the perfect opportunity to start asking these questions, because times, they are definitely a-changing!

About this Author:

Dr. Paulette Kouffman Sherman is a licensed psychologist, owner of My Dating School (www.mydatingschool.com), author of Dating from the Inside Out, published by Atria Books, a regular speaker at The Learning Annex and is the NY Love Examiner. She’s been an expert on television like the CBS Early Show & the AM Northwest Early Show and a radio guest on the Curtis Sliwa show. She’s been quoted on MSN.com, USA Weekend, the NY Post, Newsweek, Lifetime.com, More, Match.com, Foxnews.com, Fox Business, Better Homes & Gardens, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Glamour, Forbes, Woman’s Day, Metro news¬papers, Men’s Health, Seventeen, Complete Woman magazines, and the NY Times. Her new book, When Mars Women Date: How Career Women Can Love Themselves into the Relationship of their Dreams can ebook be ordered on Amazon through October at: http://www.amazon.com/When-Mars-Women-Date-ebook/d.... It will come out in the print version in December 2012. Learn more on her website, a community for single career women and the men who date them: www.whenmarswomendate.com!

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Kenny Powers's picture

I just like girls with big

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I just like girls with big titties. Stop psychoanalyzing my dick, it's not much more complicated than that.

pick em, lick em, stick em

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We aren't buying your book.

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We aren't buying your book.

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

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kpaulet's picture

Ha-Ha. Well if you aren't

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Ha-Ha. Well if you aren't interested in the topic or book, that's fine. No point kicking me, I'm not single:) But maybe there are some single professionals that this would help.

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I'm marrying a lawyer, so I

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I'm marrying a lawyer, so I don't end up on American Greed. And I like to pro bono.

"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan

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BTbanker: I'm marrying a

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BTbanker:

I'm marrying a lawyer, so I don't end up on American Greed. And I like to pro bono.

This logic works for me.

That said, I think I fall into a hybrid on the career woman/home woman thing. I don't want to feel like my fiancee is at home doing nothing all day (more time to cheat, duh, plus she'd resent me for working) but I don't want some skirt-suit who wants to wear the pants in the relationship either. I feel pretty good about having a girlfriend with a 50-60 hour workweek yet isn't too stupid to talk about work when I get home. I'm sure a lot of people that get stressed more at work don't want to come home and hear a thing about their jobs but I actually enjoy talking about it so it's better to have someone who isn't borderline retarded to actually talk to about certain job-related stuff. Like everything else everywhere, there's a happy medium somewhere between total housewife and total career woman with a dick bigger than mine.

I hate victims who respect their executioners

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I want to marry an author who

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I want to marry an author who writes about dating. *WINK*

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

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Okay, you've won me back

kpaulet
     
 
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 on 8/11/12 at 2:35pm

Okay, you've won me back over. Unfortunately, I'm happily married.

Paulette Kouffman Sherman, author of 'When Mars Women Date.'

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What do women think of men

Tommy Too-toned
     
 
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What do women think of men who start cupcake businesses? Too soft for marriage?

I luv 2 bake muffinz for evree1

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Bromando's picture

Hmmmm. How does a basement

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Hmmmm. How does a basement full of cats sway you any?

I'll teach you how to milk them!

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

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Bromando: Hmmmm. How does a

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Bromando:

Hmmmm. How does a basement full of cats sway you any?

I'll teach you how to milk them!

Are you going to teach her how to milk the females , or the males?

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Ew! Male cat milk! (Makes me

Bromando
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Ew! Male cat milk! (Makes me blush)

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

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Bromando: Ew! Male cat milk!

GS
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Bromando:

Ew! Male cat milk! (Makes me blush)

Yes .. that's what it is! Milk!

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^ This guy... such a

Bromando
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^ This guy... such a kidder!... your kidding right?... RIGHT?

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum.

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kpaulet's picture

Okay, I feel like I've

kpaulet
     
 
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 on 8/11/12 at 3:07pm

Okay, I feel like I've wandered onto the Howard Stern show (except possibly less liberal and you're all wearing business suits). Thanks for the banter but I was hoping to inspire more enlightened dating conversations about relationships amongst career professionals. Maybe this was the wrong forum for this?:) And, why is there a red minus above my picture now--is it because my answer was not 'mean' enough?

Paulette Kouffman Sherman, author of 'When Mars Women Date.'

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kpaulet: Okay, I feel like

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kpaulet:

Okay, I feel like I've wandered onto the Howard Stern show (except possibly less liberal and you're all wearing business suits). Thanks for the banter but I was hoping to inspire more enlightened dating conversations about relationships amongst career professionals. Maybe this was the wrong forum for this?:) And, why is there a red minus above my picture now--is it because my answer was not 'mean' enough?

It means you got MS, because someone didn't like your post.

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When we stop stereotyping

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kpaulet's picture

Actually I thought I was

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 on 8/11/12 at 3:15pm

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Somone soiled you with

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Dear K Paulet, I sincerely

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Disincentivy: When we stop

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Bromando: ^ This guy... such

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Tommy Too-toned: Dear K

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Being happy, married and

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Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus

Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!

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It's like 867-5309

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kpaulet: Okay, you've won me

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kpaulet: Okay, I feel like

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GS: Bromando: Hmmmm. How

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GS: Bromando: Hmmmm. How

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Disincentivy: When we stop

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no one is going to read that

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she_monkey: GS: Bromando:

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El_Mono: Being happy, married

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honeyoak87: Disincentivy: W

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eh.. just like having a warm

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Hi, Paulette, thanks for

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For a time there, K Paulet

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Disincentivy: honeyoak87:

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kpaulet: If they have a mate

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Disclosure Policy: We do not normally disclose personal information to anyone outside of the Company unless we have previously informed users about the disclosures. However, some data may be used from time to time by outside contractors, including auditors or consultants, to assist us in carrying out necessary financial or operational activities. These uses will be consistent with this privacy policy and all contractors using this potential personal information must agree to safeguard it, to use it only for the authorized purpose, and to return it or destroy it upon completion of the activity.

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We use Web log information to design our Web site, identify popular features, and in similar ways. We do not try to identify individuals from Web logs or to link Web logs to other user information. However, if someone tries to damage our Web site or use it in an unauthorized or illegal way, we may share Web log information with law enforcement agencies. The Company may provide aggregate information such as the number of users who visit particular pages of the site, or the number of people who link to certain external sites from our site, to other parties.

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The Company's features and services will change over time and our information-gathering practices and policies may also change.

While our philosophy of protecting user information from inappropriate uses and disclosures will not change, this policy will be updated occasionally to include any change that materially affects the collection, maintenance, use, or disclosure of personal information.

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