井戸端会議
先日、母の趣味仲間のおばさん達と井戸端会議をした。彼女たちのもっぱらの話しの話題は趣味もさることながら健康・年金・息子や娘の婚活などなど。年代が代わっても、女子の話しはいつも元気いっぱいだ(笑)さて、話題は婚活に...するとあるおばさんがこんな話しをした。「結婚する時に選ぶ男性の条件とは...頭の良い人・金持ちな人・男前な人。その3つの条件のうち一つでもクリアしていたら◎らしい」「なんで??」思わず私は尋ねた。「頭の良い人と結婚して、子供ができたら、その子供はきっと賢くて将来有望だろう。金持ちな人と結婚したら、結婚しても別れても経済的な不安はないだろう。男前な人と結婚したら、将来子供は美形で芸能界入りも夢ではないだろう。」「そうなんや~」思わず妙に納得してしまったが...「ひとついい??私、めちゃ頭のいい人と結婚して失敗したんやけど...ノーベル賞を取る学者の母親代わりににはなれんかったわ。その場合はどうしたらええんやろうか??」「その場合は金持ちか男前を探すんやな」と言われ思わずみんなで大笑いをしてしまった。後日、同じバツイチ友達にその話しをしたら、即答で「そりゃ、あんた、やっぱり金持ちやで!」と言われたのは言うまでもない。しかし、ひとつ言えることはもう当分は結婚はコリゴリだね(苦笑)The other day, I had a talk with my mom's hobby friends.Ofcourse they talk about their hobbies, but their talks weremainly about their health, pensions, how to get their children toget married and etc.Even though we differ in generations, girls talks are always thesame.Anyways the girls talk moved on to how to get their children toget married.Then one of the ladies said,"Do you know the 3 conditions of marrying a man??You should find one of these 3 men.An intelligent man, a rich man and a handsome man.""Why??", I asked."If you marry an intelligent man, you will have an intelligentchild with a bright future.If you marry a rich man, you have nothing to worry about economically,if you stay married or get divorced.If you marry a handsome man, you will have a beautiful child andmight be a star someday.""Really!?, huh?!""May I ask one question??", I said to her."I married a very intelligent man, but it didn't work out for me.I couldn't play a role of a mother trying to raise a researcherto win a Nobel Prize. Now how is that??""Well, then you have to find yourself either a rich man ora handsome man."Then everyone laughed.After few days, I talked to one of my friends who also had a divorcelike me about this story.And she gave me an instant answer,"Ofcourse I would choose a rich man!"What I know now for sure is that I don't want to get married again for a while.