Hmm. There's a hot book on the streets, Smart Girls Marry Money.
The Wall Street Journal did a nice blog post about it. Labeled as a satirical self-help book, the authors argue that marriage is an economic partnership and that women earn less than men. Marrying Daddy Warbucks, err, men who are wealthy can lead to financial empowerment in women.
If you read the interview, one of the authors advocates marrying young because you are more fertile and more attractive to men. Essentially, younger women have more value in the relationship market.
I definitely want to marry a guy who is financially stable, but marrying purely so I can get to the next economic level in life isn't really my style.
I have noticed that most of my friends who are married acquire trappings much earlier. Mind you, I hang around a bunch of media types who aren't exactly rich, so marriage is an immediate financial upgrade. My friends who are electrical engineers and single, well, they are doing just as well as my married peeps.
I haven't read the book. I am concerned with my own finances right now. I can't worry about the next man's pockets.
Would you marry for money?
I think I am smart enough to make my own money. However, I don't want to marry a man who can only provide hugs and kisses, his pockets should have something in them. Just as I have good credit, he should too -other than that we can build our wealth together.
Posted by: Product Junkie Diva | July 14, 2009 at 10:41 AM
They should have called the book Girls With No Self Respect Or Honor Marry Money. This whole idea reminds me a little too much of how a hooker would think when she is looking for a sugar daddy. If a marriage is essentially an economic partnership then that makes the wife a hooker and the husband a John! What do you women think of a man who marries a woman for her money?
Posted by: Kinglou | July 14, 2009 at 01:15 PM
I woudn't marry for money, but it would make life SO much easier if I did!
Posted by: DebtorinNYC | July 15, 2009 at 01:01 PM
At least she'd be a legal hooker...what's the difference between a husband handing his wife a check every week..with a rich man it would be a bigger check is all...ya...marry rich
Posted by: Sav | July 16, 2009 at 07:23 PM