Letters to the Editor
This letter is associated with the following article:
-
Great expectations
LW -- You're a 24 year old over-achiever killing yourself at med school, but you still managed to find enough time to reject a string of 12 - 24 boyfriends who couldn't live up to your expectations. So who will be good enough?
Maybe it's not your own standards for a mate that you're really worried about. Maybe your parents' insistence on professional perfection has only slacked off long enough for them to begin pressuring you to make the perfect marriage? How are you supposed to bring your directionless, unmotivated (read LAZY) boyfriend home to meet them? How can they respect a man who isn't a doctor/lawyer/engineer, especially if you don't?
Good luck with this one, dear heart. Looks like a long road.