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Let say I were to get married and my wife does not love me. I don't love her either. But we are still bonded my this wealthy marriage... it's perfect! We are then free to look elsewhere for love because we don't have to worry about breaking each others hearts.
The best part of that is I'm rich and in love... just not with my wife.
Families are torn apart because of money all the time. You know how often poverty tears apart two people who love each other? Never. Money would be nice, so I could give my kids what they want, but that's just it. Money isnt' needed for love. Love is one thing you cannot buy. Lust is, and is often mistakin for love. People mix those two up all the time. Oh, and yes, I've had very, very close family torn apart by money, and others who are still together and in poverty.
It would be even better if the wealth were indication of individual personal success on both parties' parts. Who needs love when you're wealthy and successful?
i would so much rather be strongly in love and poor then weathy and not loving. love is what brings happiness not money. most the time money makes it worse.
Most people would say they'd rather have money. Honestly, I'd like to have money but I'd rather be in love and poor than rich and in a relationship I couldn't stand.
You don't have to be married to be in love. Who are you to call me a fool? You have no importance in this argument. I was talking about love not marriage. Just because I'm lesbian doesn't mean I can't get married anyways. Look at Ellen Degeneris and Portia de Rossi! They're married!
If money can not buy you happiness, then why does the lack of money so often "buy" you unhappiness?
I know for a fact I tend to be quite happy after spending some dough, and when it comes to buying love; well there is a reason why valentines and diamonds cost so much: enough money can buy you nearly anything, if not everything.
Because we try to buy things to fill our unhappiness. Does that make sense? Idk...If we can't have what we want, we buy what we (definatley) don't need and to to substitute it for...love i guess.
Money is no barrier to love, nor is a loveless and wealthy marriage.
If you want love, then money would certainly help you set up the situations and environments which increases your chances of acquiring it, possibly to the point of certainty.
Happiness has no substitute, we can not buy replacements for it; I do not see a reason why buying itself may not bring happiness; an ephemeral happiness no doubt, but a true happiness just the same.
It would be nice to be rich, but money can't always buy you happiness. I think being with someone who cares about you, and you care back is a good feeling that money can't buy.
You could be married, enjoy the wealth of that marriage but otherwise not have relationship with your husband/wife.
You could recieve your love from else where, and the money from your marriage may be pivital in allowing you to meet or be attractive to the love of your life. For example, "the one" may be a well educated man who travels in affluent circles, without your husband's money you would not of meet him and if you did his prejudice may of isolated you from him or made you unattractive. There are other situations where money may be pivital in finding the one, and there is nothing in the debate which constraints you to a closed marriage rather then a open one. Money can indeed "buy" love, in that it can be essential in forming the relationships and experiences which lead to it.
Is it wrong to say that I want love and money. No one enjoys stressing over bills or car payments or credit cards. When you have problems like that they cause you to become stress, or perhaps you allow them to stress you out. Either way, having finiancial security can aid a couple by removing the "financial woes" out of the picture and allowing the couple to just concentrate on their marriage (or life together if not married) and everything that falls in line with it.
I'd rather just be happy, to wake up every morning and feel like my life was worthwhile. Even though looking at a giant pile of money might be even more fun. I'm already poor so all i need is a loving relationship and i'm set.