Smart Girls Marry Money by Elizabeth Ford

It cuts straight to the core in a way that doesn’t offer much wiggle room to us hopeless romantics, which obviously was the point. I do remain incredibly pained by the truth of this advice.

The last chapter also had some good insight. Especially enjoyed the chapters about aging well, masturbation (nice to know I’m not the only one!), and fidelity being a fairy tale. There’s tips in here I’ll be taking with me and keeping in my back pocket. But personally for me it helps me see where relationships may have gone wrong in the past. I think 2.6 an appropriate rating because while it provided a lot of good information for my dating ventures, there was a lack of substance about how to really make a marriage work. I can’t decide if I want to give it 2 or 3 stars. With an irreverent, straight-talk tone, the authors serve up a sound case and intriguing strategy for how women can truly �have it all.” Sure to spark conversation and controversy, Smart Girls Marry Money will ultimately empower women with a new way to take control of both their economic and romantic lives.ĭefinitely an enlightening read for me. Ford and Drake think it’s high time that women get their heads out of the clouds and start caring about their own security-the kind that can be measured in dollars and common sense. Yet sadly, statistics prove that: not only do women continue to earn far less than their male counterparts, they also suffer far more economically when marriages fail. Female �empowerment” has women working hard to look sexier than ever, while carrying more than their fair share financially. Smart Girls taps into a growing, collective suspicion that the post-feminist world isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

In this brazen manifesto, authors Elizabeth Ford and Daniela Drake use cold hard facts, real science, and true stories to present a compelling case for why mercenary marriages make the most sense for future happiness. Why does society applaud a girl who falls for a guy’s �big blue eyes” yet denounces one who chooses a man with a �big green bankroll”? After all, isn’t earning power more a reflection of a man’s values and character? Smart Girls Marry Money challenges the ideals and assumptions women have blindly accepted about love and marriage-and shows how they’ve done so at their own economic peril.

Smart Girls Marry Money by Elizabeth Ford