"Women prefer to marry Wealthy Men?"

Hi zands, " This is a fact universally acknowledged that a rich and handsome young man is in need of a wife"-No I have not said this . This was said by the prolific Victorian English female novelist Jane Austine had opened one of her novels with this sentence. Actually there is an implicit satire. This is not the young men but young lady who would be happy to get married with a rich young man. Exceptions are apart but this is true. Only a moneyed men can provide security to the woman. Love, looks, emotion, all goody goody things would not feed you. What would is money. In our culture when the initial talk of marriage goes off they (people from the woman side) would like to make an assessment if or not the money and wealth of the boy is up to the mark. And as this is the vogue girls automatically know that they should get attached to a wealthy person only. I do not like this idea

hello friend! i am totally agree with you.now a days women prefer a fat pockets man more than a lovely man.i do not why?sometimes woman do it for their security,society and for power.but i prefer always a perfect person who is great in character,mind and always do respect me and my family. that is it.you are right friend a poor man with big heart.

Amen to that. Wealth is surely not everything in a marriage. If two people become to where $$ is the only focus in their marriage than in reality they have lost what marriage and relationships should really be about. Personally hey, my husband and I struggle financially a lot of the times, but we learn to become closer and work thru them as well. I would rather have Love and a caring man than a rich millionaire snob anyday.

i have to agree. money can only go so far. you have to have something in common to talk about while you are eating lol!

I've heard over the news that women here in my country would prefer a not so good looking but wealthy man over a good looking but poor man, that is according to the survey conducted by an individual survey giving body here in the Philippines. Sad as it may seem but I guess, women are very practical nowadays. THe measurement of love and respect seems to be founded on material things already. Gone are those days when love is the reason why we chose to be with a particular person. Now, it is just a thing of the past. Love has become a thing of commercialism where we can buy love just like buying a common commodity over the counter. Yes, women can be empowered without having to depend to their husbands but, if there is always an easy way to do it and attained it faster, then, by all means, any women will prefer to be practical.

Yes, women nowadays tend to choose their partner which is capable of giving security to its family. There is a thin line which separates gold-diggers from practical women. In my opinion, gold-diggers are focused on materialistic purposes. The drive of having expensive cars, jewelries, uncontrollable shopping and things that they exaggerate with. On the other hand, practical women are more focused on what would their family be in the future. They just want financial security for the sole purpose and that is their siblings. Ranging from food supplies to tuition fees. I cannot blame women who are practical, for there are men who are irresponsible and polygamous. I didn't say that women are not, but what will happen if a man leaves his wife and children, to be with his concubine? What if their sibling/s were too young enough to walk in this cruel world? What are the aftereffects of a divorce/annulment to their children? These are the things that a woman/mother have to go through each day her child grows. For those women who are taking advantage of a man's wealth, think again. Think about it. You can buy ALL the things you want in this world, but you can't buy respect. Respect from your spouse, respect from others and most importantly self-respect. Thank you. =)

If marrying for money is the goal, then I certainly have messed up, twice. Uhhhhhm. Maybe we should add that I am happy as well, not sure that that factors in at all. I have a poor man who really loves me, so I am in the best place ever.

The love from a poor man heart worth anything?! I want to disagree with you. Poor man is a man with confidence issues! If he can't provide for his family or even for himself it certainly affects his self esteem and results in major psychological issues. And if a girlfriend of such guy is earning more than him and is more successful it can result in him being abusive and even jealous. So, there is no good in dating and marrying poor guys, because those guys who have strong arms and brains and will to succeed in this life will do it, and those who are afraid to change something in life and is lazy to act is a loser, sorry! But man who can't make a living is not deserving to have a family or a girlfriend. It will just make everyone's life a misery.

Hi Zandi, I wouldn't want to marry just for the sake of money and what a man can do for me any more than I'd want a man to be with me for those reasons. I think in the end, i'd be just miserable. I agree that women should be independent and not be looking for men to take care of their needs.

Bla, who wants to marry some arrogant, control freak rich guy anyway?

I remember my parents telling me, "you can fall in love with a rich man as easy as you can with a poor one." Well I was raised around rich men and never found one that appealed to me. So I married a poor one who loved me totally and while we have never been rich in money, we both worked and made a good life for us and our family.

who said . is it really. do women prefer to marry wealthy men or their loved ones. is it reality??

Hello sweetie. I won't read the link sorry. Try to work on the temper you know. I agree with what you say though. The love from a poor man's heart is worth much more than the glitters of the world. I don't want a rich husband or boyfriend. I love mine for what he is, not for what he have or can give me. That is definately not love at all. TATA.

especially in 3rd world countries, women nowadays are more practical. If a woman has been living in poverty since birth, and marrying a rich man is her only recourse for a better life, then she will grab that opportunity.

"The love from a poor man's heart is worth much more than the glitters of this world." I couldn't agree more. Marrying for money is just plain wrong. Not to mention what happens if the unthinkable happens and the man goes broke? Or he gets tired of his wife spending all the money? Then what? Time for a divorce? Wow. There's a real marriage for ya. Not! Talk about sad. It just goes to show, some people will do anything for money...

"Women prefer to marry Wealthy Men" that is correct. But so is "Men prefer to marry Wealthy Women". This has been there for some time now and will be there forever. The basic necessity is security, and people who don't want to work for it usually do this. And then there is greed too. There are other considerations too, Social status for example. While money is not everything, it, today is the major driving force in this world. So it is important. As for love, what we see today is a desire or an infatuation at work. Once this is done with its splitsville for the couple. I am old fashioned and jumped into marriage blindly. We both worked on being compatible and are happy, notwithstanding out very famous rows.

For me yes it is trend because aside that the men is hard to deal better to have money more it is little happy than pour and no choice to be good.

Blamed it to the commercialization of life. Life has been depicted good if laced with luxury and wealth. Young girls are lured into thinking that good life only comes with high living and money. his is the reasons why many young girls today would prefer to marry someone who has big money to spend on her. Family influence can also be a factor, the need to give good life to family forces a young girl to take a rich lover, notwithstanding reputation and morals. If only educators and church people could give information that good life can be achieved by good education and hard work, maybe there will be less gold-digger girls !

Well its their decision . I dont have money so if she is with me its not because of them :D

women today are now practical. they are looking for their future life. They dont want to suffer being a poor, they just also assure that their kids wont be a victim of hunger. If I also had a chance to choose I also get the wealthy one.