Hi, and welcome back to the Carol Markowitz show on Iheart Radio.

I had two conversations recently where the person said something like women are choosing career over relationships, and that's why marriage rates are down.

I know this is a standard line. People say it all

the time. People have said it on my show before, but I don't quite agree. I've known lots of career

women in my life and I'm talking Titans of Industry and Girles with MLM scams.

And they're always trying to meet a man.

At the beginning of their careers, in the middle, always.

They may have less time to devote to it, sure,

but some of them do treat it like another job.

There are times in your life that are ripe for finding your person.

Yes, it's probably not going to be the year you're trying to make partner. But it won't be your

career that's standing in the way for a decade or more. The problem from the woman's perspective,

I think, is they believe they have more time than they do.

So they might spend their 20s in a dead-end relationship with maybe even a good guy,

but someone they don't plan to marry or have kids with.

And sometimes the guy is not that good.

I can think of many examples of women in my life who wasted many years on a guy.

They knew all along wasn't right for them.

Often they are dazzled by his looks.

That's a very common thing.

And they don't want to let go of someone who's nice to them and looks good when they're around.

So I think the whole I just focused on my career is actually what women tell themselves to console themselves

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