would you marry for money?
@snigdhadreamer (39)
July 7, 2007 2:26am CST
Will I sound shallow if I admit that love comes after money in my list of priorities?As they say,"A good man is hard to find. A rich man is worth the effort."OK be honest.Don't we all want name,fame and a fat bank balance?What can love provide you?An emotionally jerky romance,a fight with your parents,an elopement with your freshly-reached-at-puberty boyfriend?what is the next logical step in this bliss?An unplanned baby ,of course.then struggling to extract some kind survival basics and ending up fighting with each other.More fights follow,result?either you split your ways or get drowned in the daily rubbish of life.BUT if you think rationally(without putting your heart on your sleeves), you will be able to find some one reliable,financially rooted person who will be interested in you.
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@jgirl71 (17)
• United States
13 Jul 07
I personally would never marry for money. Money can't buy happiness or love. Yeah it make help to make you happy for a short while, but money isn't everything.I would rather be poor and experience the true love that I have, than to be rich and missing that real love and companionship. My husband and I aren't wealthy or have a lot of money. We live on a budget and I don't regret any of it. I had the chance years ago to be with a guy that had tons of money and he wanted things to work out for me and him, I just didn't feel it. Maybe that sounds crazy to some, but Love is worth more than anything that money could ever buy.
@luv2cook4u (398)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Let me flip your perspective a bit: love can provide you with the confidence to grow to your greatest potential, will help ward off loneliness by giving you a companion, arms to hold you when life gets tough, and yes, it may lead to a child, planned or unplanned, and what joys children bring. Money is nice, but it is VERY rare to find someone who makes money that is not working ALL the time, never there when you need them (emotionally, physically, mentally or otherwise), causing all sorts of insecurities at home (is he REALLY working all those hours and why is his new assistant so darn good looking?), not to mention, money does not mean he is actually interested in you, it could just be that he chose to get married to please his family/boss/society and you just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
I do not think you are being shallow in saying what you said, but I think you are looking at it with a skewed perspective. It sounds like you had (or know someone who had) a poor relationship/marriage and want to ensure that it does not happen that way again, but "love" is not always bad. I married for love and have been very happy. My marriage and my 3 children have brought me joys that could never be provided by money. Would money be nice? Heck yeah, but I would never choose it over love.
@student7 (1002)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I am sorry but I am not that shallow. I would not marry for money. I would have to marry for love. I would have to get to know the person and not his money. If he happens to have money and is the man of my dreams then, well I happened to luck out.
Marry just for the money? No way.
