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You totally skewed it toward money by your wording. If I always have at least a chance at true love (which is all anyone ever has, really) then of course I'll take the money, duh. This didn't really illuminate anything.
I typically hate these black-and-white questions, because they are usually stupid and false choices. I am married to a woman I love.
I chose Love over Money. I once dated the daughter of a coal multi-millionaire. She was okay, but certainly not worth putting up with her a-hole father at every Friday night dinner, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and God knows what else until the end of time. I'm pretty sure I would have ended up bashing his skull in with a five iron at whatever horrid country club he forced us to join. Meanwhile, my wife and I started out poor as church mice, worked hard, and have zero worries financially.
When you marry for money, you pay for every dime.
This isn't about choosing between marrying for money or marrying for love. Rather it is about choosing virtually an unlimited amount of money versus seeking love. Big difference. As you are from the south I understand it might be hard for you to comprehend that not everyone seeks marriage.
Im a man and chose the money option. Now, if you threw in another curveball and said that this option excludes possibility of true love then I would probably go the other way.
This isn't about choosing between marrying for money or marrying for love. Rather it is about choosing virtually an unlimited amount of money versus seeking love. Big difference. As you are from the south I understand it might be hard for you to comprehend that not everyone seeks marriage.
Ah, the lazy "You're from the South" comment, as if that actually means anything at all. Anyone else you care to stereotype? African-Americans? Latinos?
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Ah, the lazy "You're from the South" comment, as if that actually means anything at all. Anyone else you care to stereotype? African-Americans? Latinos?
I'll reiterate the part of my post you chose to ignore. Not everyone cares about being married.
I'll reiterate the part of my post you chose to ignore. Not everyone cares about being married.
Sorry, I was so blindsided by your gratuitous swipe at Southerners that I couldn't read the rest of your nuanced argument. That and the fact that I only have a sixth-grade education. I could have gone further in school, but Daddy needed me to work on the farm instead. That way he could tend the still up yonder in the woods, out of sight of revenooers.
To your point, let's substitute the word 'marriage,' using 'long-lasting, almost permanent, relationship' instead. It's four words longer and contains a couple of commas, but the concept is the same.
Now that we've nailed down that tedious bit of business, I guess it really depends on where you put your stock in in life. If you want an endless supply of money and, hey, screw love, it can be fun for a while. But at fifty-five, I've had the luxury of seeing how those lives end up. Empty and sad for the most part.
My brother was one of those guys for a while. Made serious money and had the life most people would envy, and more than once talked about how marriage (Oh, excuse me. Long-lasting, almost permanent, relationship) was for chumps. Golfing vacations to places such as Palm Springs and St. Andrews. Life in the movie biz. Periodic rolls in the hay with beautiful, available women. You know, the nonstop fun life most guys dream about. But at forty-five, he basically woke up and realized how utterly shallow and unfulfilling it was to live a life solely dedicated to the pursuit of fun. He met his wife, married her and did everything in his power to have kids. Finally, they managed to adopt one. But every time we get together, he talks about how he wished he had met his wife and settled down a lot earlier.
So, yeah, there's your answer. Be careful what you wish for. Now excuse me for a minute while I go slop the hogs.
Last edited by MinivanDriver; 06-22-2018 at 01:09 PM..
I didn't vote. The questions are worded too badly to take them seriously.
But I'd take love over riches any day and every day. Been a millionaire and been broke, and the best times of my life were when I was broke. Not even close.
True love vote here. Look at all those lotto stories that had bad endings. Being given all the money you will ever want all at once has a dark side component to it.
Earning your money through hard work and smart investing would be made easier with your true love at your side.
True love really is priceless.
This. But I think love does exist. It just isnt fairy tale nonsense.
I never said love doesn't exist. Of course it does. There are all kinds of love.
But the notion of there being "one true love", "soulmate" that sort of thing is fairy tale nonsense.
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