so please, the next time I decide to say something that bothers you, I suggest you do the same, and "repeat this soothing mantra"

Just as an observation I will say that many of the professionals with whom I work complain that the women they date seem to want them for their money. When I ask why they like the ladies, the reply is usually some variation upon, "She is very physically attractive." To me this seems like a case of the pot calling the kettle black.

I think that women are leaving their men because they are often left as the breadwinners. The economy has left alot of men fiscally emasculated and I think that alot of women feel that their mate is no longer a man because they cannot support the family. This leads to more breakups due to men's insecurity and a woman's independance to not need a man to bring home the bread.

A new study shows that more women are 'marrying down.'

As much as I'd like to believe that marrying for money is an antiquated notion, there's still evidence that proves otherwise.

But more women are marrying for love rather than money, according to a study done by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

Okay, so we don't know if it's love. But it's something other than money.

The study says that 28 percent of women between 1976 and 1981 decided to marry men who were less wealthy than them and had less education. In 1958, the number was 23 percent.

Only 16 percent of the women born between 1976 and 1981 married a man who was wealthier than them. In 1958, 39 percent of women married 'up.'

Richard Darlington of the IPPR said:

"In the 60s, women working in highly segregated offices in junior clerical roles fell in love with men in senior positions and 'married the boss.‘ By the 70s and 80s, women had moved into more senior positions themselves and were marrying men in similar professional categories. By the 90s, the toy boy phenomenon was at its height and by the noughties age was no longer a social taboo."

It's not news that women have come a long way since 1958, but it's interesting to see the numbers that prove it.

However, while more women are marrying within their "same social class," they're still marrying older men. One in five women marry a man who is seven years or more older than them.