Would I be one up if I married the spinster daughter?
My boss is not very smart. Actually, he is exceptionally stupid. He only got where he is today because he is the illegitimate “love child” of the company Founder/CEO. As such, it is unlikely he will ever be fired for his stupendous incompetence.
My question for you is: if I married the founder’s legitimate, but desperate, spinster daughter would I then be one up on the founder’s illegitimate idiot son?
It’s a tricky question you pose, as there are so many unknown factors here. Does the Founder/CEO feel the same way about his son as well? I would say that you have a great opportunity here if the founder tolerates his son’s ineptitude simply because he’s “family”. Looking at the Kennedy clan (America’s most tight-knit family) it becomes obvious that a family power shift will happen as soon as a functional brain becomes available… Being first doesn’t mean a thing!
Your chances of taking over the show will be ten-fold if your future father-in-law doesn’t have any grandchildren…
A grandchild is the monster flyswatter in family infighting! If you have two or three of them in your corner, and no one else have any, you will almost be untouchable when it comes to a grandparent (or as in your case, the company founder). If he’s close to kicking the bucket — you have to act quickly! He has to see, and grow to appreciate his grandchildren. Only then can you start threatening to limit access to them unless you get your way.
However, having kids with even the most wonderful woman on the planet can be a lot work… Having two or three of them with someone less than perfect can be agonizingly painful. If you are strong enough to endure years of pain and humiliation on the home front: by all means marry the spinster daughter and make some flyswatters!
In a couple of years you will control his daughter, his grandchildren and the only fully functional brain in the family. Your less than brilliant boss will have half-a-brain… Yes, I would say that the odds are in your favour!
Go for it!
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- Dog