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Why you should never marry down

Why women should marry up (Photo: iStock)

I chuckle every time I see women bending backwards to accommodate and be accepted by average men with average brains and average ambition.

Of all the things that we should make peace with, at least by now, is that a woman should always date up, marry up. I know we have had this conversation before, but it seems we haven't really agreed on the fact that marrying down doesn't work well, especially in this time and age.

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