Dubner and I both made a huge mistake: we got married before Freakonomics came out.
Malcolm Gladwell planned much better than either of us.
We Made a Huge Mistake
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I think the real mistake was even thinking that thought, nevermind posting it. I can only hope for your sakes that your wives are too busy doing whatever they do to pay attention to your postings.
You’ve assumed you would have written the book without your good women by your side/behind you. Big assumption!
All men are motivated by one or more of the three “G”s
gold
glory
girls
Dear Joe Smith,
I would speak for yourself. That is not true. And there are a few extraordinary men whose motives I have come to understand and they clearly would have sharply disagreed with you.
Unfortunately, you might get another chance to be single if you keep implying that, had you but waited until publication of Freakonomics, you could have done better than the wives you currently have.
Sadly, if this happens, you will need to write YET ANOTHER bestseller in order to pay the rent, since I’m sure your wives will relieve you of the burden of all that bestseller wealth.
But, hey, then you can play the “poverty-stricken, tormented writer”–that gets chicks, too.
Sadly, you have to wonder how valid Gladwell’s love life is. I’m betting that if writing books didn’t have a big payday, he’d not be dating the “beautirati.”
If George Clooney drove a rusted-out 1973 Ford Pinto…he’d still get women. But the Gladwells and Dubners of this world (and alas, myself also), have to pay cash…except in the instances of true love, which I trust all of us have already acquired.
You both did the right thing. You have wive that love you for who you are, not for your success and money! These girls are attracted by the glamour, not by his intelllect, even though the latter caused the former.
I hope you have a very comfortable sofa.
I am still in grad school and I already have a smoking hot girlfriend.
You got to find them early boys, more available hot girls when you are younger because us mediocre guys snag them before they get older.