Would you marry for money?

No, I would always be worried that the love of my life would appear just as the ink dried on the marriage certificate.

Jalima!

The chances of finding a rich good looking guy is very slim. It would never happen. If I did however, I might consider it providing he didn't want sex. Couldn't possibly do the sex part.

I think I would marry for money if a) someone rich proposed and b) I was on the bones of my a..e. But I haven't come across either yet TG.
I always remember this old proverb: "When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window"

ps I did think that DH was better off than he was

in fact, when we got engaged I found out that I had more savings than him!
which wasn't saying much.

henetha
I suggested that to DD but 'she has principles'!
Principles don't pay the rent.

Money can't buy you health and happiness but it does buy you choices and a life where you have choices can be a very good life indeed
Loves ok but being absolutely skint and stuck in situations with no choices puts a hell of a strain on love
If somebody marries for money and is perfectly up front with the person involved , good luck to them

What if he's comfortably off, has nice big house and is happy to have it redone from attic to basement, very fond of my family, is decent-looking and intelligent, with quite a few interests in common?
Sounds good (almost talked myself into it while writing this!)but after a relationship of a few years l was bored.
Am much happier with my independence so no regrets.

NO!

PS. But definitely not the aforementioned Donald Trump!

Would be very happy to marry a nice man who was comfortably off. Love and passion is all very well but rarely lasts, whereas friendship and a comfortable life style are worth hanging on to, and I'm sure that affection would develop very quickly!

Only if he was 99 at least, and very infirm so that I could push him down the stairs and inherit everything.
. Seriously,- never.

Just want to mention that I am still married with no plans to change that! I married for love, but in my 'old age' a kind, wealthy partner would be nice.

Never had the opportunity! - would like to fall in love with a man who is stinking rich, but had 2 poverty-stricken husbands. But if I weren't head over heels mad about DH, and if the rich man were a really good friend, with lots in coomon, I might consider it.

Next time - definitely - but there definitely wont be a next time.

This thread reminds me of the line from Tennyson ""Doänt thou marry for munny, but goä wheer munny is!" ['Northern Farmer, New Style.]

But there wouldn't be any doubts if you both knew you weren't marrying for love. One less problem, possibly?

Definitely not !
Even when you marry someone you love with all your heart (and I did) there are trials and tribulations which make you doubt your feelings and your partnership.
To have doubts when you married for cash and convenience must be awful.

I had the chance but said no. I sometimes wonder whether that was the wisest decision but not often.

I'd marry for money if we got on well enough.

Having someone to share your life with counts a lot for me and if the person is particularly comfortable financially, all the better. That said, I would need to be sure he was kind and generous before committing myself. No point in marrying someone who is mean with money.

DD turned down a very rich young man who was besotted with her.
He was lovely too!
But she was too young at the time anyway and seems to prefer to struggle.

Never asked by anybody rich enough ???

No, I wouldn't marry for money, but....

There must be women like me who spent much of their lives alone, bringing up the children alone, working? (I divorced when my children were young.) I paid all my bills, my mortgage, drove a small car. It was a struggle. When I was ready to embabark on another relationship there was no way I'd get involved with a man who wasn't my financial equal. (I struggled, had very little in savings, but I did have a house, car, career and eventually, when the children were grown and mortgage paid, a bit of disposable income.)

I suppose I am saying a man's income and lifestyle was important to me and a factor in my getting involved again. I didn't want to be a meal ticket for a man, so I suppose I quite disapprove of women who want a man to provide all for them.

(I have a bit of a problem with my young step DIL, 20, who brought absolutely nothing to the table, and takes, takes, takes from besotted step son. She is from overseas, met him on a stag night in Prague two years ago and followed him to England. She has an extremely large chest, and I think that is her contribution to the relationship. She has no skills, no job and lives with him. They say love is blind. I am probably being far too bitchy, and step son is old enough to know what he is doing, but so much of me wants to tell her to pull her weight!)

Absolutely not! Had many an opportunity but could not possibly do it.

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