Can someone explain this to me?

[hoosierone]

She will live and she will learn. Over the years I've seen some pretty sharp women end up with not so sharp guys. One woman I knew, attractive, very bright and successful in the corporate world, at one time supervising thousands was married to a guy who installed drywall.

 

[arjay]

Logic rarely applies here.Seems like the mating game mostly happens at a subconscious level.

 

[rwsmith]

Not yet...

Men don't change.

--The End--

Neither do women.

Now:

--The End--

 

[rwsmith]

Love will....

All you need is love. Love is all you need.

Love will pay the bills.

 

[rwsmith]

Being far from perfect......

... I can freely admit that my wife is the best thing that ever happened to me. Subsequent happiness since can be attributed to her also. I don't think she 'changed' me, but gave me a reason to do my best.

 

[Skeet 028]

Neither do women.

Now:

--The End--

Trying not to sound too much like the cowardly lion...
Ain't it truth!! Ain't it the truth!!

 

[finesse_r]

Seriously dude, does she have a sister?

 

[Doug627]

As Penny said to Leonard on The Big Bang Theory: "The heart wants what the heart wants." The brain has no say in the matter.

 

[amazingflapjack]

scientific data...

When I was in graduate school, I saw this same phenomenon a number of times. Attractive, intelligent, female students would hook up with no-account, drugged-out bums. After observing enough of these relationships, I concluded that there were two main reasons for them: 1) The female got to place herself in the role of the "rescuer", which made her feel good about herself, much like she would feel if she had taken in an abandoned puppy or kitten. 2) It put her in complete charge of the relationship. Because the male was essentially helpless and totally dependent on her for everything, he had very little say about anything. She got to call all the shots, and she liked it that way. And I'm sure that in some (maybe most) of these relationships, both factors were involved.

My caveat is that this analysis is not based on any scientific data. It is based solely on my own observations, and may not apply to your situation.

Your observations can be borne out in the DSM of the American psychiatric assoc. You are right on to a statistical slam dunk.

 

[Ed Fowler]

Something like the stray cat or stray dog syndrome?

 

[BC38]

My sister was the same way - only she was younger at the time. She was always smart and industrious. Skipped 7th grade, graduated high school with honors at 17, went off to college and was making great grades, then she hooked up with the looser, dropped out of college and got married. 1 kid and 5 years later she divorced the drunken dope smoking bum because he cheated on her.

She remarried yet another drunken bum, who fortunately got sober and turned into a great guy. We all love him. They had two kids and both my sister AND her husband went back to school and completed their degrees. They both have good professional careers now.

So the good news is people can change, and change for the better. All is well that ends well. I hope it works out that way for the young lady you describe too SP.

 

[Doug627]

As Bear Claw Chris Lapp said in Jeremiah Johnson: "I loves the womens, I surely do. But I swear, a woman's breast is the hardest rock that the Almighty ever made on this earth, and I can find no sign on it."

 

[Ron M.]

The Tremeloes covered this with a song...

Silence is golden, but my eyes still see.

 

[Rocksprings]

They have low/no self esteem so they team up to a loser to feel equal.

 

[rwsmith]

Why do teenage girls....

Why do teenage girls hook up with real creeps? Same reasons. Plus the added fact that her parents are not going to like it.

 

[Rocksprings]

Why do teenage girls hook up with real creeps? Same reasons. Plus the added fact that her parents are not going to like it.

They also know it all.

 

[Rpg]

She is in love?

(denial)

Don't overlook lust.

 

[Old cop]

I saw the other end of this, years down the road, during my LEO days. The radio call was 10-16, or domestic dispute/assault. Sad to see how this impacted the kids, especially if we had to make an arrest. As a young cop I had older couples asking for my advise. These situations were fraught w/so much emotion and danger it's a wonder more cops did not get hurt.

 

[Bekeart]

“There are two theories to understanding a woman. Neither works.”

Edited with apology to Will Rogers.

Bekeart

 

[brigeton]

She will live and she will learn. Over the years I've seen some pretty sharp women end up with not so sharp guys. One woman I knew, attractive, very bright and successful in the corporate world, at one time supervising thousands was married to a guy who installed drywall.

So the guy that installs drywall is just as worthless as the guy laying on his moms couch? He's only adequate if he has a college degree?