What's up with the "How much money does your husband make?"...

[Crazy Dave]

...for a pick-up line? Mrs. DTW gets hit on regularly in her line of work and she says she's hears that tired old line about a thousand times a year. Is that all they can bring to the table anymore? No wonder I don't sweat the so-called "competition" out there.

BTW - Her ex made double what I make.

[Hugin]

1. Ack!

I need to read the headline better sometimes.

[salin]

2. interesting twist on what I heard from guys

in Michigan when I was a twenty something... they evaluated potential dates on their "EP" - 'earning potential'. Granted I think that was more a twist on the old 'MRS' degree charges folks said in college (women attending solely to meet and marry a guy with financial potential) and what your wife hears is a varient of that.

[Crazy Dave]

4. Sometimes they use the...

..."I got a 4-wheel drive and two JetSkis", real impressive huh?

[salin]

7. Now that's an attention grabber

heh. As in... dude is seriously overworking his attempts to get my attention - time to try to get out of this conversation asap!

[Orangepeel]

3. some people associate a man's worth with the money he makes

(usually the same people who assoicate a woman's worth with the way she looks).

It's nice that you and your wife are more evolved that that. :thumbsup:

[Crazy Dave]

5. Thanks and...

Mrs. DTW and I are both organ donors too. I always say: "What a way to recycle" :)

[Orangepeel]

15. good for you!

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks in advance to you and your wife!

[mitchum]

6. Y'know, that doesn't even make sense for someone looking for...

a little clandestine action.
Don't those idiots realize that there are many women already married to rich pigs, and those women often have a thing going with a gardener, pool boy, fitness attendant, or other low paid fellow?

[Heidi]

9. There also are many of us who are financially self-sufficient.

I'd be insulted if anyone asked me how much Call Me Wesley makes.

[Heidi]

8. Not only is that a tacky thing to ask, but it's also sexist.

It belittles your wife by suggesting that she "needs" a man to support her and that this would be her primary attraction to you or any would-be suitors. Get me a bucket. :puke:

[Crazy Dave]

11. A lot of the guys think it's part of her job to be flirted with and/or....

...hit on. She's had to file two sexual harassment complaints against co-workers in the last seven years and she will not deliver to a client whose employees get a little too overzealous.

She loves what she does and refuses to let a bunch, not a few idiots make her change jobs.

[Midlodemocrat]

10. No one has ever asked me that.

They have asked how much I make, but not my husband.

[Ramsey]

12. Men are knowingly hitting on your wife?

Isn't that more disturbing than the line that they use? Which granted is lame.

[Heidi]

13. I think it happens to a lot of women

in the workforce. It's happened to me and many of the professional women I know. It's embarrassing and very unprofessional.

[Crazy Dave]

14. They think it's part of the woman's job, speculation of course

But when you get right down to it, they're poor excuses for men, some are even worse excuses for husbands, yes, some of them are married, but like I said above, my wife loves what she does and she has no plans of changing jobs.
I also dated a Hooter girl one time. She said the same thing happened to her so dudes...some women are just trying to do their job and another thing that's pathetic...

When woman and a girlfriend of hers want to have a drink together and chat after work before going home and being attacked by their kids, why do guys at the bar always think they come there to see them and interrupt their conversation and ruin their main reason for being there? Leave them alone. When they want your attention they will let you know. It always worked that way for me.