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The Atlantic: Women should settle instead of staying single

Lori Gottlieb has some advice for women: Get married. Now. Before it's too late. And if you have to settle instead of finding the man of your dreams -- well, settle already!

Gottlieb's essay in The Atlantic has stirred up a hornet's nest of passion. Should women settle rather than staying single?

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Ben likes: Should you settle?

Rod Dreher/Crunchy Con

I do think it's true that folks generally in this culture have way too unrealistic expectations about what marriage is. Tolkien says married people are "companions in shipwreck." That is: don't believe what the movies tell you about Romance; be more practical than that.

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Joel likes: Women over 30 should marry anyone kind enough to have them

Jessica Valenti/Feministing

We all know that the media likes nothing better than a woman telling other women how miserable they're going to be without a man. And that's what makes nonsense like this so dangerous - its potential reach. Gottlieb has already been on the Today show touting her article and going head to head with (sigh) professional matchmakers. Who knows how much more media attention this piece will get.

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