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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/2/2006 4:15:33 PM | Marriage has nothing to do with love. Not one single thing.
Two people can be together and love each other and not be married. Marriage is a legal union where assets and rights can be regulated by the state and federal government. Think not? Get divorced. Watch the government tell you how often you can see your kids, who your kids get to live with and how much you have to pay for their upkeep.
That doesn't mean two people in love don't get married in many cases, but marriage itself has nothing to do with love.
As for rich men, I think there are several misconceptions about many of them. Not all of them are controlling power freaks who want you to arrange the table place settings a certain way or they will beat you with a tire iron for it.
Here the truth. Many rich men are hesitant to marry poor women. It happens, but not as frequently as you think. Why? Because those who were poor once, then became rich later in life, are rich precisely for the reason that they don't jump into a business arrangement headfirst without considering the financial ramifications. Marriage is a business deal, its a legal arrangement between two people and the state. Sure rich guys who were born rich do silly things with their money, but guys who had to bleed for it are generally very cautious. You have to understand that once you have money, you are surrounded by people like lawyers, accountants, financial advisors, doctors, employees, etc who all have a vested interest in protecting your wealth. If you lose your money, they lose their work with you.
Spend an hour talking to a very good lawyer or CPA who have a vested interest in the security of your wealth and I think you'd have some very different views on marriage in general. You take 70 percent of the risk and up to 70 percent of the total liability. Even most Vegas odds are not that heavily stacked against you.
I hate to be harsh, but you can't just look at it as why should I marry a rich person, you have to look at it as why should a rich person want to marry you as well. The perception involved works both ways. And more often, very few people are in the position to marry a rich person. You have to be within someones social context to even be physically present to have the opportunity to connect on an emotional level. A schoolteacher in the inner city of NY is not going to have many opportunities to mingle and socialize with the old money guys boozing it up in the Hamptons. Rich guys find young hot women because many young hot women put themselves in physical proximity of those rich guys. Look at the list above, Robin Williams married his former nanny. She was probably not someone you'd think he would marry, but she had proximity and access to him on levels that most women, even the hot young supermodels, did not have.
As for the " I am not for sale " issue, well I think you have to look at that alot deeper. Everyone, rich or poor, has to take some shit in life. Many people here go to a job where they are underappreciated, probably underpaid and maybe even treated like shit. Working in corporate America today can be the most degrading thing you will ever do in your life for many. But people take it right? Sure, you gotta eat, you gotta pay the light bill. Whether you realize it or not, you are 'selling' a level of tolerance you may not normally have in you to keep your job. And if you have kids, you might be taking some serious crap at work because you are 'selling' aspects of how you are treated just so your kids can keep getting medical care. Even if you are rich, you have to take peoples crap. You'd be surprised at the born rich who can do what they want in life then have to go get dressed down and yelled at by their super rich parents. Yeah they get to live in a mansion but everyone has to 'whore' a little bit of themselves to have the things in life they want or need. Sure no one wants to think they are morally flexible because of money, but if you've ever worked a day in your life at a crappy job and a shitty boss, then you have 'sold', even if only temporary, a part of yourself for the things in life that you need.
My rule is this - No Hard Fast Rules. What works for you isn't going to work for everyone, and if its not you involved, then you might want to take a moment of pause before you truly understand the dynamic of another persons relationships - and this applies whether they are rich or poor. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/2/2006 8:06:57 PM | | Hey .. money is better than poverty ... if only for financial reasons... seriously ... if you (ladies) marry a guy just for his money, I promise you that you WILL earn every penny of it. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/2/2006 8:14:14 PM | Hell no,money may help you with things in life,but it wont be your true friend, lover or soul mate.sorry i want a partner that is in it for our relationship.something that has a chance to last.therrs enough stress in life.who wants to be with a lonely life other than money.no me'. i dont have to marry someone to love them.its from the heart. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 1:00:18 AM | A caveat before I answer this question: I am not trying to be sexist in answering this, as I do understand that the question was asked of both sexes. However, I am answering based on conversations I've encountered and/or observed that were concerned with women marrying for money. That said...
HELL FRIGGIN NO. And I have to say, I have had it up to HERE with people (both male and female) assuming that a woman can be 'bought' for the right price. Well, maybe some women can. Maybe those women have never truly experienced real love. And for that, I do pity them. Because if they had experienced real love, they would know that there isn't enough money in the universe that could even come close. That's right.. go ahead and combine the net worth of Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, half the shieks of the Middle East... as far as what it's worth to me, it's a drop in the bucket, compared to real love which is an ocean. Marry someone for their money?? Thank you but no. If money were THAT important to me, I'd make damn sure I knew how to make vast sums of it myself. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 2:49:46 PM | | To be honest, No I wouldnt. I would only marry someone if I really loved them. Money is materialistic, yeah its good to have but its not the most important thing in the world. Thats me being 110% honest. You could be the richest person in the world and your attitude could totally suck, come on who wants to really put up with that just for the sake of money, sure as hell not me | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 4:02:34 PM | In my younger years, I would had said no.....
Today? Talking the Donald Trump kinda of rich? The answer is YES YES YES.....Those men have money, and power,,,which to me makes them extremely attractive.
Ladies, would you rather be in bed with a man you feel you love,,,,,he has no money, you have no food,,,and your stomach is growling???????? Really!!!!!
When you have money, you can do anything, go anywhere........
How is it that all the professional baseball, and football guys, CEO's, etc have drop dead gorgeous women????? I wouldn't suppose that has anything to do with money???????? | |
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Joined: 11/4/2004
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 4:43:36 PM | | I would. Fuc&* it, why not? We all want comfort and happiness anyway right? Then again, I can say this. It's always a rich man who would marry a waitress right? You never saw Mrs. Howe hitting on Gilligan did you. I'd do it, so men could finally know how it feels! | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 4:55:49 PM | Heck, I would have even spent more then one night at never land with the wacko for a lot less then the 20 million he gave that one kid. I would have wore a diaper if he wanted me to. 20 mill to wackoff with the wacko. you better believe it!!!! I`m anybodys hoe for the right doe. just joking here people | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 5:02:08 PM | | Hey tacomas! you forgot to mention on your profile about the guy youre looking for needing to have M.O.N.E.Y... what a horrible realist you have become in your latter years. Good luck with WHATEVER you snag. I`m guessing you are going to end up with exactly what you deserve in life (YOURSELF)!!! | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 6:28:03 PM | | I was tested in reverse-roles once. She was pretty, cute, great personality, brought up marriage to me first. I had just lost about everything in a business, had nothing and she had everything. Her father was a cardiologist, had a PHd in chemistry and was Vice-Chairman of a Forturn 100, pharmaceutical company. Her parents liked me and she said, because I had no money, her father would buy a house for us if we married, would get me a great job, etc. Anyway, the bottom line was that although I really liked her, I just wasn't in love with her. Plus, I just couldn't have a man buying a house for me and his daughter. So, I said no. And boy, as I think back, I really f*cked up. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 8:16:56 PM |
In my younger years, I would had said no.....
Today? Talking the Donald Trump kinda of rich? The answer is YES YES YES.....Those men have money, and power,,,which to me makes them extremely attractive.
And it makes you his property. Would you really want to be someone's property?
How is it that all the professional baseball, and football guys, CEO's, etc have drop dead gorgeous women?????
They are using and being used. He's only going to be with her until he meets someone he finds better looking. She's only with him for as long as he's on top of the heap. Not a good basis for a relationship. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/3/2006 8:37:06 PM | | I think us guys need to start finding rich women, it seems to me women have no problem with that.It's pretty damn sad.women claim to be indpendant and want to be equal but, not when it comes to money. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/4/2006 10:00:49 AM | | No if that was the real reason for marrying them then it would have no real meaning or value,you should have a pure love for them and not what they have,a love of true value will be a lot better than a false one. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/4/2006 2:09:37 PM | number 745- women want to be independent and equal to men but if the chance came up to marry a rich man alot of women wouldnt say no
i mean shit it would be a fun ride i am guessing. beats being the ghetto working two job hoping for mr right when all u find is crap so ...........upgrade lol
but i think marrying a rich man depends on personality i mean maybe this man is cute or nice or funny hell maybe even intelligent in that case why not?
lets be honest most of us wont find love and never will o haver let it go by and now its too late. so if you have this opportunity and wanna have fun the rest of your life and go for it.
but to each there own | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/4/2006 6:06:43 PM | ^
Your theory would of course explain why animals in the wild choose the strongest and best providers to mate with?
I mean look at lions out in the wild. The biggest and the strongest gets laid. Because he can protect his harem of lionesses and provide them with the best genes avaliable to them. The rest of the lions, the ones who are not at the top of the heap? Those guys just wait on the bench like a bunch of second string scrubs.
A mans wealth and material possessions is his ability to provide safety and security for his mate. Its why many rich guys get laid no matter how rancid they are.
To deny the appeal of monetary wealth by a potential mate is probably the most 'unnatural' things you'll ever really see. Sure no one wants to say " I want money " out loud because they don't want to look like a whore. But who cares what they say, look at what they do. And what many women do is actively pursue wealthy men as mates. | |
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| Would you marry someone just because they are rich ?
Posted: 7/4/2006 6:18:19 PM | No and no..I could not marry someone who is rich, doesn't matter to me, the amount of money they have..I want someone who is compatible with me on ALL levels..but yes, they have to work though..I don't care at what, just have a job ...
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