Day after day we hear about publishing houses letting employees go. Day after day we hear about how bad the holiday season was for books. Day after day we hear how the publishing industry just has to get smarter. Ladies and gentlemen I give you from The Huffington Post:
Dating A Banker Anonymous: Wall Street Wives And Girlfriends Seek Comfort In Support Group And Blog
The Huffington Post | January 28, 2009 09:05 AM
And now Fashionista reports that the DABA Girls Dawn Spinner, Laney Crowell, and Megan Petrus ARE GETTING A BOOK DEAL (Capital letters mine-Ed)
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The New York Times reports on women who have been hit hard by the economic crisis: the wives and girlfriends of bankers. Clinginess, cooking at home, canceled credit cards... these are just a few of the unfortunate consequences, these women report.
For Christine Cameron, the recession became real when the financial analyst she had been dating for about a year would get drunk and disappear while they were out together, then accuse her the next day of being the one who had absconded.
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."
The women have banded together to start an unofficial support group called Dating A Banker Anonymous, which meets once or twice a week in New York for brunch or drinks.
They also update the Dating A Banker Anonymous blog, which states their mission thusly:
Are you or someone you love dating a banker? If so, we are here to support you through these difficult times. Dating A Banker Anonymous (DABA) is a safe place where women can come together - free from the scrutiny of feminists- and share their tearful tales of how the mortgage meltdown has affected their relationships. DABA Girls was started by two best friends whose relationships tanked with the economy. Not knowing what else to do, we did what frustrated but articulate girls have done since the beginning of time - we started a blog. So if your monthly Bergdorf's allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from your life, lighten your heart with laughter and email your stories to dabagirls@gmail.com. Warning all stories sent will be infused with our own special brand of DABA Girl humor.
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