Guys how do you really feel about dating a successful career woman?

"Intimidated" is too tolerant a word. "Outclassed" would be a bit closer. From the sound of that, she's more of a person than they are, as well. The people who've done it the hard way are usually a bit too far beyond the Ken and Barbie level. My suggestion would be that she looks for someone who knows what she's talking about on a personal-intellectual-emotional basis. You could paper the walls with the other kind. She's obviously no fool, and doesn't need one. Anyhow, why louse up a great achievement with some largely ornamental idiot? I think she owes it to herself to top it all off with a real human being, not some geek playing with his spreadsheets.

I think some are. I'm not a career woman (yet) but I go to the honors college of the state university system and I've experienced it. Some men can't handle a woman who is smarter than them or who has a mind of her own. It shows THEIR insecuirty over themselves. Your daughter should never feel bad about her success, thats wonderful what she's made of her life! A man does NOT equal success either. How old is she? Ive noticed older men usually like a woman who can actually think and is successfull while younger men are still very insecure about themselves so they reflect that over into their relationships and like to date girls that don't threaten them. I have faith she'll find someone, she sounds like a good catch :)

It is really a proud and happy moment for a father to see his daughter making a successful career all alone congrats for that.It seems that your daughter always conciously present herself as a career woman even infront of friends,soceity not as a normal humanbeing, and she is much comfortable and flexible in chatting only about her career, her future plans regarding her career etc etc even in non formal relationships like with her friends.As a result guys who are related with her business may try to intimidated by her success only as they too are career guys,so advice your daughter to search a date out side business related friends group,and she should present herself as a normal girl with normal general chats and avoid chatting about her career with that new date.A normal guy doesnot really feel threatned by a woman doing well by her talents and hard work,rather feels proud, but a normal guy can feel threatned by a successful woman collegue only whenif he can understand that easy success of that woman collegue is the result of combination of both hardwork as well as other talents which is only possible for a woman and not for any man to get special favours and success.I have no intention to hurt or insult anybodies feelings and opinions in mylot,this is my opinion based on my experience on life till now.Anybody interested in viewing all my postings and replies are welcome.I am open for discussion and ready to rectify my errors only with those who are not arrogant,egocentric with fixed ideas,but with people who are practical with the ability to discuss with justified reasoning based on truth and scientific analysis.

i dont think so if ur daughter is a succesful person then it is not a problem in his marriage or love relationship.she can make relationship according to her status she should apporched to a person that has a good heart ans also have status as she have i think if she apporched to a person and tell him her feeling then i think there is no problem but if ur daughter have ego of her success then how can any one is ready to make a relation with ur daughter.pleas tell ur daughter that pls remove the ego of her success and then apporched to any one that she like.

I dont feel too successful yet. However I already have education then my parents do. I currently have a B.A. degree while neither of them barely went to college at all. My dad is at a job he hates and is always trying to find a new business so he can work at home and quit his job. My mom stays home always has. She mostly takes care of my sister Misty who is handicapped and also tries to sell books on ebay. But with a B.A. I plan to get a job as a broadcast journalist, publish some books, and eventually marry and have some kids. Its all up there with big goals of mine. If a guy cant stand I have a better job than him or a degree then he isnt for me. I think it would be sad. Although I am pretty sure I will find that he will probably have some sorta a degree. I dont care if he does. As long as we both are working and happy why does it matter much what we do for a living? :))

Well, I can say that she is really successful. Having all the properties she have will say it all. Nowadays, being in that status became so dreadful for men for they think they are of less value compared to her. Men are egoistic in nature, so they will not go for woman whom they know will be of more potential than him. Their egos are being challenged because of that. Maybe if your daughter will be bale to convince other people through her act, that she is not up to what his partner can give to her but how she may be able to feel the love she wants, the maybe she may find the right guy for her. I know many successful career woamn who end up marrying a guy who is of less achievements than her, but still have a strong relationship. I can say that these kind of relationships are bounded by the fact that getting in a relationship is not outgrowing one another, but helping each other to have their respective positive growth in their life, may it be dependently or independently. Just by having the perception that you enter in that relationship, not because of what they have, but because of the love that binds them.

I think it may make it difficult for her. Her best bet is to find a guy who is also as successful as she is. Men just can't deal with a woman who can take care of herself. When my husband and I got married, he was the one making the money by working for his father and getting paid alot. I was working daycare and making 7 bucks an hour. My father-in-law encouraged me to go to nursing school and my grandfather paid for it. Now my father-in-law is retired and my husband's work experience with him didn't transfer. Now I am the one supporting him and his son. I pay for everything and he hates it. He says he feels bad not being able to contribute to the bills and such. I wish your daughter all the luck in the world finding a man who can appreciate her and her success and initiative.

Well first I'd like to congratulate you on raising such a fine daughter! Nice to hear that whatever experiences one may have can be used to turn his or her life around for the better. About the question, that shouldn't really be an issue. If my woman is more successful then I should strive to be like her. And look up to her and praise her, I don't have to feel inferior and resent her for it. Nor should I be intimidated by her success. In this day and age, women have become far more competitive and this is actually a good thing. This should be considered progress. It should even be taken as a challenge for men to get up from the couch and do what they should do to better their lives. Now I am not very successful, not yet anyway, but I'll get there. If my woman is more successful than me I'd be proud of her. As long as we don't lose our respect for each other, it should even help our relationship. You can tell your daughter that if the men she's been with have been intimidated by her success, then they weren't really for her anyways. She'll definitely find the one for her as long as she keeps her feet on the ground and when she does, she'll know she's done the right thing.

You have a lucky daughter and you are lucky to have her :) Maybe a successful woman has less choices because she will need someone up to her standards, I don't think she will be happy with someone less successful than she are even if he is not intimidated by her success, personally I would think that she is out of my league and wouldn't want her to see me as an opportunists so if we met I wouldn't be trying to make any plans :)

Very happy for you!+

My girlfriend is very talented and extremely beautiful ... i think for me how a lady carries her self through success or failure more than her being successfull or failure..... I have been with my girlfriend for last 4 years... at many places we have performed some dances... awarded as the best couples award... she listens to me when i talk... i listen to her when she talks... i am with her all the time... she remembers of me first whenever she has hit that success area... probably with the guys who are not so successfull or have had some relationship problem in their past might not want to fall for a successfull girl... i think its all about maturity and understanding in the end... A girl without any success in her life... is equivalent to any other girl for me ... as i said earlier ... it really depends how a person carries herself/himself through success and/or failure is what i look for in a person before entering in any relationship

a successful carer woman isn't threaten me, on the contrary- if I had to chose a successful woman or idler woman, I will certainly choose the successful one. I think that lots of men are affraid from women who are doing well because they can't accept that the woman is more successful that the man. maybe those guys still believe that women need to be less successful and impertant than the men- I think it wrong! I met many successful women togehter with many un- successful somen and most of the time I prefers the successful women than the simpler and easier ones.

i really enjoy my life with such woman

thats good she replied she tought men seemed to be intimidated by her success.she has agood job working un a travel a gency,she has bought her own three bedroom house which is all nicely decoratwd and her furniture,which i would die for! its all very veryyyyyyyy...niceee..... all people want thats

although it comes with a lack of control over the woman, i really don't haev a problem with dating a successful woman. I gives respect. :)

usually men get atracted to women who are succesful but at the same time they find it difficult to get into relationship with them because of complex.men always prefer than women should be dependent on them and they should be the protectors.so when they see that the women need no protection they they start feeling insecured.and they hate the relationship.

That is a great story of your daughter turning her life around and becoming successful. I would not feel intimadated by a more successful or higher income earning partner. I don't think she should ever lower her ideals of success. The amount of success should not be a factor. It is the person that is important. Somewhere down the line, there will come a man who will not be afraid of her success and appreciate her for who she is. It took some time for her to change her life, and it might take time to attract that great loving man into her life.

Your daughter is so successful that is more than a man can do........ I m sure she 'll find someone her dream's king.........i think if she can do so much fight and got success then she can find a very good boyfriend also only the thing is required that wether she is interested or not i think she is not trying for this and she is busy with her work so much that she has not even a moment to think about these relations....... i m sure she is not tryin....

Hi. i think many men are really scard to date a woman who is very successful. you see most men love to be the one incharge. i mean buying gifts and possing to know all things when they are with women.when they meet successful women they shy away because they are not the only one that are going to buy gifts too the women is going to buy for them too.And again u cant fool an educated person by tellomg them lies.for me i am not scard of dating a successful women.if she knows more than me it is a good avenue for me to ask her so much questions that will help me to build up myself to the top .

base on experience... I was a student then when my gf and now my ex graduated and worked. Basically she is more successful than me then. it was so akward. I feel ashamed of myself. but then i tried to keep up. In some other ways i have to excell i said to myself. And soon... we broke up mainly due to this. I believe i was not good for her anymore so i let go.