Blue Collared or No?

I have a Native male friend who has his graduate degree and he told me that he would not date any female who was not a “professional.” I have a female friend who is a woman of color who stated when she was dating, she would not date a man if he did not at least possess a Bachelor’s degree (she got married and her husband became a lawyer). I get my friends position on finding a mate because possessing a degree enables you to automatically think: economic stability, access to more opportunities, and ambition.

 

I’ve dated jobless men, blue collared men, and professional men. I find this conversation interesting because is this mind frame of thinking indicate we are separating ourselves into a class system? Financial issues are the main cause of divorce. I go back and forth on this because I know plenty of great men who did not possess a college education, but my father has his law degree. But, if you ever met my dad, then you would not think he has his law degree because he’s a down to earth, country, and rugged manly man.

 

As a Native is it: stuck-up, boosie, superficial, elitist way of thinking to want to date/marry someone who mirrors you in your education and/or socio-economic status class? Or do my friends have a point to indicate that finances do matter and that is the smart thing to do?