June 3, 2008

• I respect people's open-mindedness, but........

   

   

  when I hear men and women saying that they would never look at a potential spouse's career or income-level when considering marriage and that I should be as "open-minded" as them....I can't help but point out to them that they married a high-paid doctor or lawyer or investment banker.

  Or if I hear a Korean-American tell me that I shouldn't be so closed-minded when it comes to marrying a girl (because I want to marry a Korean) and when that person tells me that he/she would marry a black, white, or Hispanic person if he/she fell in love with that person.....I can't help but point out that it's easy for him/her to say that when he/she is married to a Korean from a similar family background, if not better than his/her own.

  In other words, if you married a Korean-American millionaire surgeon or Wall Street broker, DON'T be telling me that you married your spouse just for love and that people like me are snobbish for looking at a girl's potential earning power (among many other things) when considering marriage.  And if you're a Korean married to a Korean, or a Chinese married to a Chinese, or a white person married to a white person, DON'T be telling me that I am a snob for choosing to marry a Korean because I am of Korean descent.

  I can be pretty easygoing, but I WILL point out hypocrisy when I see it.

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