that you would be willing to MARRY for money, the worst possible reason? According to this, nearly 3/4 of women in their 30's would do so, and so would a large percentage of men.
http://biz.yahoo.com/wallstreet/071214/sb119760031991928727_id.html?.v=1
2007-12-16 03:21:58 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
People have obviously lost their morals or never had any to begin with...
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2007-12-16 03:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
From your question I assume that you think that you are the only person on this earth who would not marry for money.
Since you say "what is wrong with you people"?
There are people of all types on this world, people who makes all types of choices, good and bad. Whatever their reasoning, it is their choice. Looking at someone and saying they are wrong, is a judgment.
You do not know that if someone marries for money, it is the worst possible reason. How would you know? You are guessing, because that is what you believe, that nobody should marry for that reason.
Allow everybody to make their own choices without judgment, and you would probably look at this world in a much better way.
2007-12-16 12:03:02 · answer #2 · answered by Maureen S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never marry for money as the sole reason for marrying, but then again i wouldn't marry someone who was on the dole and couldn't be bothered getting a job. But i suppose that's a different thing alltogether. I guess i wouldn't be in love with someone who was too lazy to get a job in the first place.
What i'm trying to say is that money shouldn't be the sole reason for marrying someone, but in a way it does make people seem more attractive. Most people are first drawn to someone because of their appearance, the clothes they wear, how they present themselves, their level of confidence? I guess someone with money may have all that in abundance and would therefore seem more attractive than someone with nothing.
I think in a way in comes down to how much confidence you have in yourself. Women like to feel safe and looked after, i guess sometimes it's not the same when a man doesn't have enough to provide for you. And it's a horrible idea i know, and totally goes against everything women have fought for, with equal rights and everything. But it is true on some level.
I think what i'm trying to say is that for me personally no i wouldn't marry for money, not at all because i couldn't marry someone i wasn't in love with. But if it came to choosing between someone with money and someone without and love wasn't a factor? Well i think most people would go for the obvious choice.
2007-12-16 11:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by hypermadboo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Thank you. I never thought about marrying anyone one that was loaded with cash, that takes all the fun out of marriage.We earned all that we have and live comfortably now.Been together 30 years now.
My daughter on the other hand got married to a rich man and the marriage lasted 3 years [ended in divorce and two kids later ]. She only got 1500 a month from him. So much for being filthy rich.
2007-12-16 11:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by Angell 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people who do that value money over love. Not all people use marriage to marry a person they love, but rather as a business arrangement. Or, they have children and are thinking of providing for them with a rich man's money. So it's not a matter of there being something wrong with people, but rather that not all people see marriage the same way.
2007-12-16 11:26:15 · answer #5 · answered by Dig It 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think what it tells you is that many people who would not consider marrying for money did not participate in the survey.
Mrs. Guy and I, married 33 years, still joke about having got married on a shoestring. I was a soldier, she was a nursing student. I made layaway payments on her rings for years. She and her classmates would go to the jeweler's every now and then and visit them.
2007-12-16 11:37:50 · answer #6 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not think I could marry exclusively for money, I would have to be able to at least stand the person's company. I had a wealthy older boyfriend, and despite all the presents and vacations, spa treatments, etc, I was miserable. So, I could not be with someone wealthy if I absolutely hated them.
2007-12-16 11:27:37 · answer #7 · answered by Gigi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think I would marry for money. I'm 25 (looking younger) and I don't think for a marriage at this moment. May be if I decide to do something so important I don't know how would I live with someone, who I don't love at all.
2007-12-16 11:26:54 · answer #8 · answered by Panthera_Leo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read that article, too. Disgraceful! However, it's really not very nice of you to insult Yahoo Answers' participants by assuming that we're part of that statistic. I'm sure we're all too smart and morally-inclined to marry for money. It's scary that so many people out there would, though!
2007-12-16 11:26:30 · answer #9 · answered by Terry H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well let me explain it like this: if you were to marry a girl who was pretty, you don't just marry her because she's pretty, but doesn't it help? The same goes for marrying money. Women and men don't just marry for money but it certainly helps.
2007-12-16 11:26:03 · answer #10 · answered by LokiandThor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Just ask Majorie Astrofsky. John Fisher or Jean Merrill.
Marry for money. Barry Abbott did it.
2007-12-16 11:30:47 · answer #11 · answered by ebby hearson 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋