She married him for the money - maybe

creeper1

Lets talk about some famous examples of women who married men for their money.

Ofcourse we can never say for sure so lets just say "suspected of marrying him for his money"

Easy ones.

Anna Nichole Smith marrying that rich guy.

Heather Mills marrying Paul McCartney.

Strongly suspected

Catherine Zeta Jones marrying Michael Doughlis

Debbie McGee marying Paul Daniels.

Do you guys have any examples or suspicions?

conor.hogan.2

Nope.

biko

Can you clarify on each case? Except for Anna Nichole Smith...

laoch na mona

your one who married the prince fella

Catari Jaguar

Michael Douglas is a ride.

Shiner11

Marty Morrissey got married there a while back. No one could love that face, not even his parents. His bank balance on the other hand though....

creeper1

Wouldn't have thought Heather Mills would have required much explaining. She got paid a fortune out of her marriage. Remember her complaining that her poor children wouldn't be flying first class?

Catherine Zeta Jones is over 20 years younger than her husband. That in itself isn't proof but it does cause suspicion.

Lastly Paul Daniels is, well, hard to describe as handsome or charismatic.

Dean820

My Thai wife married me for love.

Marcus_Crassus

Catherine Zeta Jones was already a successful actress so I doubt she married him for money..

mackg

Yeah, money was the only thing Paul McCartney had going for him :rolleyes:

El Weirdo

laoch na mona wrote: »

your one who married the prince fella

Thread is useless except that thanks to this post, it has made me decide to listen to some Prince.

Sweet.

starbelgrade

A lot of women tend to be attracted to confident men. A lot of confident men are quite successful & through their success, they obtain wealth.

I don't think that a man's bank balance is the "turn on" factor most of the time, though there are notable exceptions, like Anna-Nicole Smith.

dxhound2005

Michael Winner keeps going on about John Cleese's ex wife being a money grabber. He might have a point.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8490266/John-Cleeses-girlfriend-Jennifer-Wade-helps-pay-for-his-wifes-divorce-deal.html

John Doe1

All premier league footballers wives

El Weirdo

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Michael Winner keeps going on about John Cleese's ex wife being a money grabber. He might have a point.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8490266/John-Cleeses-girlfriend-Jennifer-Wade-helps-pay-for-his-wifes-divorce-deal.html

Michael Winner?!

The guy that slept with that bird that was in Grange Hill?

Temptamperu

You dont see many homeless lads getting married.

Richard Hillman

Coleen Rooney

Andromeda_111

Bernie Eccelstone and his wife - Jesus he's an awful looking thing, thank god he's loaded or he's be a lonely lonely man

Chuck Stone

I don't see what the problem is personally. The man gets a woman who's hotter than he would have gotten if he was broke and the woman gets access to more money than she could have gotten from her own endeavor.

Business is business.

mackg

Temptamperu wrote: »

You dont see many homeless lads getting married.

Fool me once I'd say, how do you think they ended up homeless?

:pac:

sh1tstirrer

What about Pat the Planks missus shes half his age and he does have a hefty income?

Van Morrison with former miss Ireland beauty and the beast :eek:

creeper1

Disa111 wrote: »

Bernie Eccelstone and his wife - Jesus he's an awful looking thing, thank god he's loaded or he's be a lonely lonely man

Just done a google search of this couple. What a freaking mismatch.

Dudess

Temptamperu wrote: »

You dont see many homeless lads getting married.

But you see loads of homeless women getting married...

WindSock

Selma Bouvier and Troy McClure

Andromeda_111

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I don't see what the problem is personally. The man gets a woman who's hotter than he would have gotten if he was broke and the woman gets access to more money than she could have gotten from her own endeavor.

Business is business.

Awh, where's your sense of romance? Marriage should only be done for love

Littlehorny

Doesnt marry them but Hugh Heffner, come on! no way its his sparkling personality!

LighterGuy

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I don't see what the problem is personally. The man gets a woman who's hotter than he would have gotten if he was broke and the woman gets access to more money than she could have gotten from her own endeavor.

Business is business.

You're leaving out the most important bit... That said money grabbers get divorced a short few years later. So is that a real equal trade off?

Some girl marries someone for money. 3 years later she's split with half your money. Yeah, I think that warrents for someone to have a problem Chuck.

creeper1

If it is purely for money, a guy may as well go down to the red light district and would save money in the long run.

mackg

LighterGuy wrote: »

You're leaving out the most important bit... That said money grabbers get divorced a short few years later. So is that a real equal trade off?

Some girl marries someone for money. 3 years later she's split with half your money. Yeah, I think that warrents for someone to have a problem Chuck.

In fairness I don't see why people pay out these ridiculous divorce settlements when it would cost a fraction of that to have them killed.

creeper1

Dudess wrote: »

But you see loads of homeless women getting married...

Not loads. But I could imagine a homeless girl getting taken off the streets and being scrubbed up by a infatuated gentlemen.

Don't think I could envisage the other way round though.;)

Procasinator

I'd say the number of cases of hot young women marrying old rich men solely for their money is probably roughly equal to the number of cases of old rich men marrying hot young women solely for their looks.

myflipflops

LighterGuy wrote: »

You're leaving out the most important bit... That said money grabbers get divorced a short few years later. So is that a real equal trade off?

Some girl marries someone for money. 3 years later she's split with half your money. Yeah, I think that warrents for someone to have a problem Chuck.

It's not like the guys are going in blind. Everyone is well aware of the nature of divorce. If they are stupid enough to get married in this situation (or without a pre-nup) then they deserve zero sympathy.

Catari Jaguar

What about Joan Collins and her Peruvian 32 year old,

Or Madonna and her toyboys??

Da Shins Kelly

All those girls that ride Hugh Heifner in exchange for a life of luxury are basically glorified prostitutes.

I reckon yer man that married Amy Winehouse after she became famous after writing an album about him was seeing pound signs too.

The many younger men of Madonna's enjoyed spending her money more than they enjoyed her company, I'd say.

That nobody that married Britney Spears before she went crazy.

Pretty much every footballer's wife.

I am a friend

Michael Flatley's wife...

gigino

cherub rock wrote: »

What about Joan Collins and her Peruvian 32 year old,

lucky fella

bnt

I always had my doubts about Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. It was back in 1956, before even top Hollywood actresses made serious money. She never had to work another day of her life, before she died in 1982.

hatrickpatrick

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I don't see what the problem is personally. The man gets a woman who's hotter than he would have gotten if he was broke and the woman gets access to more money than she could have gotten from her own endeavor.

Business is business.

That's all very well for some, but what about those of us who view a relationship as something more meaningful than a business deal?

This is one of the reasons I'd only get married in a church if possible, without the state part. If you love me, you shouldn't need a guarantee of being able to hold on to my stuff if you decide to dump me.

MagicMarker

Peter Crouch and Abigail Clancy, clearly there was no other reason.

Rhys Essien

Rod Stewarts wife
Noel Gallaghers first wife,total money grabber id say
Serial wife to the stars Patsy Kensit
Ronnie Woods 20 year old Russian ex-girlfriend

dj jarvis

no sympathy for any person that get taken by a money grabber
if you cant spot that in your " partner " well tough cookies my lad

riddle me this - in general dont most couples match in " attractiveness " ?
i remember reading a paper on this very issue and the if you had a 1000 people graded in attractiveness, most would only be a few points apart from the people who were actual couples used in the test.

( eg if A ranked a 4 out of f5 then their partner would be either a 3 or 5 in the majority of cases )

so if your a skinny ugly old fart then at best you partner/wife should be slightly better looking - unless you feck1n loaded

so in this context if some Peruvian 21 year old bombshell robs ya blind tough **** ,
you should have seen it coming

mind you fun would be had

stupidusername

plenty of people marry for different reasons. as long as the reasons are known to both parties beforehand, where's the harm?

Mr Trade In

WindSock wrote: »

Selma Bouvier and Troy McClure

Nah, she just smelled like fish.

Dotrel

Oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall married Anna Nicole Smith for her money.

Dotrel

MagicMarker wrote: »

Peter Crouch and Abigail Clancy, clearly there was no other reason.

Interviewer : "What would you be if you weren't a footballer?"
Crouch : A virgin!"

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/11/crouchie-s-virgin-on-the-hilarious-115875-22101921/

stupidusername

Dotrel wrote: »

Interviewer : "What would you be if you weren't a footballer?"
Crouch : A virgin!"

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/03/11/crouchie-s-virgin-on-the-hilarious-115875-22101921/

maybe she only married him for his sense of humour! :eek:

creeper1

MagicMarker wrote: »

Peter Crouch and Abigail Clancy, clearly there was no other reason.

What a total stunner she is!

tony1kenobi

Janine Butcher.

Teyla Emmagan

I was going to make a crack about Lyle Lovett, but I decided to be kind.

Ugly/rich/old guys marry beautiful/poor/young women all the time. As long as they make each other happy, then so what.

If I were an old rich guy, I'd happily marry a hot woman who made me laugh. Why not?

All you need to remember is the prenup, lest your narky useless kids get wild about it.

Dotrel

creeper1 wrote: »

What a total stunner she is!

It's a bad pic in fairness. Better pix are available. I'd let her play with my footballs sooner than posh spice or that one Rooney is with anyway.

naughto

creeper1 wrote: »

Just done a google search of this couple. What a freaking mismatch.

yes i agree but look at the daughters id love to get a spin on them
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jtrjS2YFfkQ/TRGVCyXYDRI/AAAAAAAAA0c/6B3AGPcZYO0/s1600/Petra%2Band%2BTamara%2BEcclestone.jpg