All things being equal, why not be married to a rich man? (Somewhere, Hannah thinks, there must be a needlepoint pillow asking this very question in a cleverer way.)

Curtis Sittenfeld
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This is a joke about the glass ceiling. It is definitely not true that all things being equal, a woman should want to be married to a rich man. Women who are in the middle class or below do not want to be married to rich men, because rich men are often jerks and that’s why they’re rich. But if you’ve made it so far, and you’ve got a great manager and a great job, and your company is doing well, why not be married to a rich man?

Source: The Man Of My Dreams

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