Desirable traits in a partner have less to do with finances and more to do with interpersonal skills. Some men are struggling to keep up.
“You can’t live with ‘em, you can’t live without ‘em,” Kermit the Frog sang in 1979’s The Muppet Movie, another voice in the age-old chorus of bemused frustration at the opposite sex that was once a staple of popular culture. A running joke in The Honeymooners featured Ralph Kramden half-kidding about wanting to send his wife, Alice, “to the moon.” Borscht Belt comedians like Henny Youngman got plenty of mileage out of “Take my wife … please!” bits.
Patrick T. Brown is a contributing writer at The Dispatch and a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where his work with the Life and Family Initiative focuses on developing a robust pro-family economic agenda and supporting families as the cornerstone of a healthy and flourishing society.
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