Does anyone have any ideas when it comes to where a single consultant may look for wife-material in London?cheerio

Kings Cross?

Mentor a girl on your company's grad scheme.

You want a wife?Please, take mine.Aharharhar.

Don't look in London.With a few notable exceptions, the majority of women that I've met in London have either been self-obsessed harpies or marketing bunnies (actually events managers) with vastly overinflated opinions of themeselves and the value of the work that they do. Great for occasional stress relief but not really marriage material IMHO.EC

Look in Colnbrook IRC for eager potential wives - convenient for Heathrow airport and flights out to clients, and no worries about bumping into ex-girlfriends on your way to finding the perfect soul-mate.

assistants in Mayfair art galleries - tend to be attractive, dumb and from expensive boarding schools, hence set to inherit a stack at some point. minor problem is that they are working there to meet super-rich husbands...

above all not at work, I can't begin to imagine the claustrophobic hell of being married to anther consultant

what are the most important traits to look out for? any experienced married men out there have any tips?

In the film Mongol, Genghis Khan was advised to pick a wife with "a flat face, small eyes so evil cannot enter, and strong legs to please her man". Avoid those doe eyed, slender limbed hussies...

Go to Thailand

Is homosexuality definitely not an option then?

dating websites like mysinglefriend.com - was quite a few professional types on there

You're being too vague with this when you need to be more objective.Firstly – focus on what you want, I dare say my critique for an object of desire (or “wife”) is quite different to yours....since am a philandering pest.It’s like choosing a car.....size, performance, cost of upkeep, mileage, reliability, looks, lineage, support network, rust and so on. Then add a score to each of these attributes and weight them accordingly....interestingly, the attribute for “weight” has a weighting too. Once complete – approach any girl in the street and map her actual attributes to your ideal spousal attributes....when, you’re within 90% of the target press the “buy it now” button and go for it my friend, then you will acquire the perfect wife.Or do what everyone else does – get p*ssed and go to On Anon.

There is a TV programme called Snog Marry Avoid - simply pick one of those who have been successfully transformed from Avoid to Marry and thereby passed a rigorous marriageability selection process

Apply your consulting skills - screen candidates on the following criteria:-fit-flexibility-responsiveness-sustainability-operating costs-ROIWhether you also assess the degree to which they are Green is down to personal taste.

It's a real problem.I'd be happy to find "longer-than-a-two-week-fling" girlfriend material. I'm not even a consultant any more; I've loads of time on my hands. Out every wkend, terrorising girls in bars. But the more I look, the more I despair.I don't think it's a London thing. In my case I think it's an age thing. In your late 20s, any girl in your age bracket who's still single either has issues or baggage, or both.

Loosing in final round need not necessarily be due to bad luck OR your nonperformance OR technical incapability.It just happens due to factors that cannot be spelt.But be sure that some other big position is awaiting you and you are getting groomed for it.This had happened to me on two occasions but when I was shortlisted and finally got thro for a world bank techinical assistance project as Team Leader I was really thrilled. Just take things easy and go ahead.Ups and downs are common for everybody in life. You have to make yourself happy at all times and should not get deterred at any stage.World is big, opportunities are increasing and somewhere and in some place you will be heading a big show.

Seriously, try mysinglefriend.com

ROI? Please explain?!

i am a consultant, in my early 30s and single. i do not have issues or baggage.

Yeah, 'cause you're not in denial.EC

ROI - surely this refers to having children

Forget ROI - It's the BJ2FB ratio that's important.(That's blowjobs to flowers bought for the virgins amongst you)

you should find a wife the old fashioned consultant way.1) Identify the geographies and demographics you wish to tap into2) run a brainstorm session of profiles, use post it notes3) set benefit KPIs (e.g. looks, skills, personality, propensity to spend etc...)4) plot the profiles on a matrix containing one axis for "your chances" and a second axis for "the benefit rating"5) design a stakeholder engagement strategy and an implementation plan (pay particular attentions to operational bottlenecks such as the movie you want to see on your first date being full; identify dependencies [e.g. you making a trip to the supermarket to ensure supplies of condoms]6) ..................

Most British women are not good marriage material, alas - too much feminist bo**ocks over the last 40 years. And the more high flying they are, the worse wives they make. Of course there are exceptions, but be under no illusions. And a pre-nup agreement might be a good idea, given that divorce laws in the UK are heavily weighted against men.

Is it just me or has this forum got a little off track recently?No response.......?Yep, its obviously just me. I'll get my coat...

What's really tellling is the lack of any thread entitled 'Where to find a husband'....as women will probably know (way before reading the 'advice' here) - this forum ain't the place !Why not do the time-honoured thing and just have a drink amongst an all male group, throw testosterone around while denying any trace of vacuous insecurity ?

Marcus - have you been dumped recently?

My greatness couldn't be contained to just one woman so I have several wives, each with their own set of KPI's, SLA's and deliverables.LD's apply to poor performance and appraisals are held on a six-monthly cycle.They love it.

The whole applying-work-jargon-to-real-life-scenarios thing stopped being funny about 3 yrs ago.

Contact the love doctor- Doctor Cockneywww.doctorcockney.co.ukworked for me!

Pretend to be gay for an extended period of time.women love gay guys and automatically want to befriend themafter a while, they will recognise you possess the attributes of the ideal man (sensitive, fashion conscious...)then, when the guards are down, this is when you STRIKE!! (in a big way illustrated by capital letters) reward them by letting them think they converted you; thanks to their amazing lovin skillsRisk: watch out for future birthday propositions in the form of 3some offers (not the good version....)Just Genius

oh, what's this? somebody thought he would get a swathe of praise for his wit but ended up being called out on a poor contribution?Don't take your frustration at your extremely mediocre banter out on me with name-calling, you fool...

I am reflecting on my post with shame.I will too, get my coat....

Any other good websites for clever / middle class / well educated women (other than mysinglefriend)?

The Onion Personals

Thing is, mysinglefriend only works if you've got at least 1 friend who thinks you're above average at anything....if you don't have someone then you look cr@p