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Would you marry for money?

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    #62
    OutlawPete
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    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    whats your bank balance like? :P

    Let's just say it fluctuates :cool: .. :p
    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    i've never had much money and don't really think i ever will. so its always going to boil down to personality, looks, knob size etc.

    Fair enough but from my own vast (:)) experience in this area and even just watching friends, women nearly always will be attracted to a guy who looks flush compared to a guy who isn't.

    If a girl says to her mate that she a good looking guy, first thing her mates will say is 'what does he do, has he got money' whereas I think guys wouldn't care if she worked in McDonalds if she had a cute bottom.

    I think that's almost a primal thing for women to want to be with someone that can take care of them. No matter how much "equality" there is, men are men and women are still women and we cannot escape certain qualities that our sexes naturally are prone for whatever reason that might be.

    I'd make a cracking house husband though :cool:


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    #63
    DetectivFoxtrot
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    OutlawPete wrote: »


    This is no offense to you personally, more to women in general (:pac:) but women 'get swept up' in life, not just movies.

    I have mates getting married and the women are in cloud cuckoo land spending money they do not have and the guy are afraid to say anything in case they wake up like Mr Bobbit did :cool:

    They are all about the dress, the flowers, the hair etc etc.


    feckin sweeping generalisation OP! I'm surprised at you. I am SO not like this, neither are a lot of women. tsk!


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    #64
    Abi
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    DazMarz wrote: »
    Yes I would. I'd have no problem with that. If they wanna divorce me after I do my bit of philandering, I get half their money anyway. They'll just have to put up with my drinking, gambling, going to see Chelsea games ad nauseum, screwing around and so on. Once I'm not on a leash, I'd defo marry for money: preferably a blind, deaf, mute, nymphomaniac billionaire who owns Diageo, a casino and shares in Chelsea Football Club

    (yes, I am a complete misanthropic scumbag. You gotta problem with that?!):D

    Oooh... what a catch! Wanna come hang out in mai mansion? ;)


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    #65
    we'llallhavetea_old
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Let's just say it fluctuates :cool: .. :p



    Fair enough but from my own vast (:)) experience in this area and even just watching friends, women nearly always will be attracted to a guy who looks flush compared to a guy who isn't.

    If a girl says to her mate that she a good looking guy, first thing her mates will say is 'what does he do, has he got money' whereas I think guys wouldn't care if she worked in McDonalds if she had a cute bottom.

    I think that's almost a primal thing for women to want to be with someone that can take care of them. No matter how much "equality" there is, men are men and women are still women and we cannot escape certain qualities that our sexes naturally are prone for whatever reason that might be.

    I'd make a cracking house husband though :cool:

    i think you're getting confused with what "someone who can take care of them" means to some women.

    to me it means a man that worries about me and will defend me and cook me dinner and rub my back until his hand bleeds. not someone who goes and buys me stuff.


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    #66
    OutlawPete
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    DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »
    feckin sweeping generalisation OP! I'm surprised at you. I am SO not like this, neither are a lot of women. tsk!

    I didn't say 'All' but ..

    I have had too many mates who lost their jobs and their wives went next, to not have that opinion.

    Yet, I haven't one mate who left his wife for financial reasons.

    Let's face it, part of the reason women are attracted to men is because they can take care of them.


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    #67
    DetectivFoxtrot
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I didn't say 'All' but ..


    Let's face it, part of the reason women are attracted to men is because they can take care of them.

    computer says no.

    I like taking care of him!


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    #68
    OutlawPete
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    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    to me it means a man that worries about me and will defend me and cook me dinner and rub my back until his hand bleeds. not someone who goes and buys me stuff.

    I hear you, but that is romance.

    I am talking about finance.

    Let's be honest here, by far the largest source of stress in most relationships is money. It's the number one cause of arguments between couples.


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    #69
    we'llallhavetea_old
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I hear you, but that is romance.

    I am talking about finance.

    Let's be honest here, by far the largest source of stress in most relationships is money. It's the number one cause of arguments between couples.

    well, that's kinda it then. i want romance (:eek:) not finance.


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    #70
    DetectivFoxtrot
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    OutlawPete wrote: »

    Let's be honest here, by far the largest source of stress in most relationships is money. It's the number one cause of arguments between couples.

    agreed. but that doesn't automatically mean people will marry for money though


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    #71
    consultech
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    The "women" in this thread are gas. Face facts ffs; Generalisations exist for a reason. You don't see too many lookers during the morning 9-5 commute, fact.


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    #72
    Dudess
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    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    want romance (:eek:) not finance.
    Song-check time (albeit the opposite sentiments being expressed):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XecTPWJu0wk


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    #73
    OutlawPete
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    we'llallhavetea wrote: »
    well, that's kinda it then. i want romance (:eek:) not finance.

    Yeah, so did the women who married friends of mine.

    Only, when fights over money matters became everyday occurrences for them, the romance quickly died.

    I know three guys who courts forced them from "their" family homes when relationships went sour.

    I can only speak from experience and I see women choosing bastards with money and walking all over guys that are not doing so well financially all the time.


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    #74
    DetectivFoxtrot
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    consultech wrote: »
    The "women" in this thread are gas. Face facts ffs; Generalisations exist for a reason. You don't see too many lookers during the morning 9-5 commute, fact.

    Am confused :confused:


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    #75
    OutlawPete
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Song-check time (albeit the opposite honest sentiments being expressed)

    FYP :p


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    #76
    Dudess
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    FYP :p
    Oh dear, me feels another song check in me waters...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhUcSbbURyc


    (greed that is...)


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    #77
    consultech
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    DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »
    Am confused :confused:

    They dont need jobs


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    #78
    OutlawPete
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    DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »
    agreed. but that doesn't automatically mean people will marry for money though

    I didn't say that they would :)


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    #79
    DetectivFoxtrot
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    consultech wrote: »
    They dont need jobs

    hmmm.... but I'm sh1t hot and I need a job


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    #80
    consultech
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    DetectivFoxtrot wrote: »
    hmmm.... but I'm sh1t hot and I need a job

    If you're sh1t hot then I've got a job for you!


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    #81
    Abi
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    Oh daor..


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    #82
    OutlawPete
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Oh dear, me feels another song check in me waters...

    I'll just leave this here ..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwNcNOTVzY


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    #83
    OutlawPete
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    Abitar wrote: »
    Oh daor..

    Distract them, moon again :pac:


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    #84
    Dudess
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    Think you're being very unfair, Pete. These aren't the women I know - most of us are just attracted to guys we like. If he has money, well and good; if he doesn't, not a concern. Of course there are women who are obsessed with flash shite, just as there are men who are. For every woman who's attracted to a rich guy just because of his money, there's a blokey tosser who's attracted to a flash-crap-obsessed woman just because she's a trophy girlfriend.
    And as we'llallhavetea says, being "looked after" does not necessarily have much or anything to do with money...

    Call me naive but would most women really live with and have sex with a man whom they don't particularly care about/fancy just because he has a lot of money?


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    #85
    Abi
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Distract them, moon again :pac:

    No thanks. My ass still hurts from the last time :o


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    #86
    consultech
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Call me naive but would most women really live with and have sex with a man whom they don't particularly care about/fancy just because he has a lot of money?

    No-ones peddling the "all women are prostitutes" card in fairness. However most women - whether it suits your pride of gender to admit it or not - consider money one of the boxes to tick in choosing a partner.


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    #87
    Dudess
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    My gender doesn't in the least stop me from admitting money is a box to be ticked when choosing a partner (that might not always mean vast riches either). But that's quite a leap from "most women will only marry for money"... which is what you were insisting earlier.
    I don't know where you get the "most" from either - your own experiences? In which case, maybe examine why it's only bitches you end up with...


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    #88
    OutlawPete
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    Dudess wrote: »
    Call me naive but would most women really live with and have sex with a man whom they don't particularly care about/fancy just because he has a lot of money?

    See that's what happens when ever this topic comes up.

    It's the same each time.

    I didn't say that a women would go with a guy for "Just because he has a lot of money".

    I said, a woman will be far more attracted to a guy who is financially secure than one who isn't. That's what I said and have always said on this matter.

    I think that is why so many relationships break up as women have finance on that check list, it attracts them to guys and then when the money is gone, they see the real guy they married.

    Again not ALL women but a hell of alot.

    I'm not saying they married for 'just' money but it is a part of the reason.

    I also have a friend who lost home and his wife did not leave him and they are struggling to get back on their feet. She genuinely loves him but her kind are rare in my experience.


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    #89
    OutlawPete
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    Abitar wrote: »
    No thanks. My ass still hurts from the last time :o

    You say that like it's a .. :pac:


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    #90
    The Lovely Muffin
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    No, I wouldn't marry for money.

    I'd rather be in a happy marriage/relationship with little or no money, than an unhappy marriage/relationship with plenty of money.


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    #91
    Dudess
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    OutlawPete wrote: »
    I said, a woman will be far more attracted to a guy who is financially secure than one who isn't.
    But the thread is asking "Would you marry for money?" which isn't the same as the above.
    And yeah, if there were two guys equally attractive to a particular woman in every way but one is financially secure and the other isn't (and again, that does not necessarily mean colossal wealth) what would be wrong with her choosing the financially secure guy? That is not the same as being a gold-digger.


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