I'm getting 51K from the listing of average starting salaries, by field. You can look at the website.

So now you're at 75%.... good for you. You are now somewhat better than average. And no, there is no salary website that says Jane Smith engineer's salary will increase by 20K in 2 years. You looked at one website that said Engineer II average is 72K, and made a whole lot of assumptions.

I think that we've established that your numbers (80K!, 90%) are way off.

Money is frequently an important criterion for being "BB", but it is not the sole determiner.

LOL.

Okay dude, throw in the towel.

Among the peer group that college-educated engineers are in, their salaries and lack of experience with women are going to be inclined to put them in a BB-style situation more often than a guy who does not have those traits.

No it won't. This just doesn't happen that often. Bell curve. The bell curve, isn't that what you're going for? Engineers (men and women) will marry similarly educated people, later in life, and will therefore statistically have better marriages and successful children (if they choose to have them) to boot.

was talking about the idea that women never use men for resources, which obviously does happen in plenty of situations. Certainly enough that we can guard men to be wary of it.

No it doesn't. NOt nearly enough to justify the tin foil hats twerpers wear.

The OP was a fail.

This is not realistic for the vast majority of women.

You'd be surprised. Of the group that it concerns - older women who did not want to settle down with a guy - they have substantially more earning power and have saved money.

The reality on the ground is that most women want a man, and want the income of a man to raise a baby.

And most men want a woman, and they want the income and support and resources of a woman to raise the baby because raising a kid is expensive 'yo. even without maternal support.

Seems like this "resource acquiring" is more critical for men than women since more men than women want kids nowadays anyway. Which makes sense.

Frequently, they'll compromise their options to get a stable, loyal, dependable guy, after having not done that in their youth.

No need to compromise to get that. First you fall in love. Then you get your partner.

I'm not seeing any way that that logically computes.

Obviously. If you saw it, it would be just as obvious to you.

It isn't used to be mean to women or anything like that.

Of course not. Who wants to be mean to women? We should just call twerpers meanines instead of entitled misogynists that blame women for their inability to connect with women.

It took me nearly a month after breaking up with my ex to convince her of that, so I'm glad you agree with me.

I do. She'll move on and find someone capable of a relationship. Obviously, you're incapable.

Plate spinning is far more efficient from a, "wanting to change the world" standpoint.

Smells more like rationalization and not taking responsibility for one's actions.