Defenestrating Thoughts from the Bivouac

A month ago I wrote about how the recession was resulting in rich men losing their trophy wives, and now I’ve learned that life is also really tough for girls that date investment bankers:

Once it was seen as a blessing in certain circles to have a wealthy, powerful partner who would leave you alone with the credit card while he was busy brokering deals. Now, many Wall Street wives, girlfriends and, increasingly, exes, are living the curse of cutbacks in nanny hours and reservations at Masa or Megu. And that credit card? Canceled.

Fortunately though, these women aren’t just in it for the money, right?

Dawn Spinner Davis, 26, a beauty writer, said the downward-trending graphs began to make sense when the man she married on Nov. 1, a 28-year-old private wealth manager, stopped playing golf, once his passion. One of his best friends told me that my job is now to keep him calm and keep him from dying at the age of 35, Ms. Davis said. ‘It’s not what I signed up for.’

So I guess she signed up for just the “for better” part of “for better or for worse”.

Keep in mind, it’s also bad if you’re the girl on the side:

One such mistress wrote on the blog that when she pouted about not having been taken on a trip lately, her married man explained that with money so tight, his wife had taken to checking up on his accounts.

After reading the article, be sure to check out the blog that a group of these girls started. It’s hilarious.

Ignoring whatever merits these women may have, they seem to be, um, evil. Which, of course, makes them a perfect match for their banker boyfriends and husbands. :-)