I was talking to my friend today and he told me about his friend, who is, quite frankly a gold-digger. She is only with a guy because the dude's rich and showers her with gifts. The fact that he may be an asshole is completely unimportant.
She'll marry money and for money. It doesn't matter if the guy has like 10 other mistresses on the side, infidelity is insignificant. Love, is insignificant. As long as he has money and she gets to benefit from it, that is all that matters.
So what do you think?
I personally think it's very practical. My friend agrees. It is definitely convenient and smart. Think mutualism. She gets the dough and he gets a trophy girlfriend/wife. It's a win-win. Plus, that line of thought basically eradicates all the lovey-dovery nonsense. This way, she need not worry about getting her heart broken and if every girl were to have that mindset, there will be less tears and broken hearts in this world.
What he thinks: It certainly is practical. But he can't live that way. That line of thought is just not for him. But he's not about to spout Sonnet 18 either apparently. He believes in something called a "practical partnership".
Doesn't sound too romantic, but it sure sounds a whole lot better than a "financial marriage".
So what do you say?
Yes, it is terribly practical. And it makes so much sense. It might even make the world a better place. We will have less girls crying their eyes out over a broken heart. Songs about love will probably become extinct, or maybe replaced by those only about sex, drugs and money. Not that that conversion is not already happening as we speak, albeit slowly. It is clever. It is convenient and most of all, it is a beautiful principle.
But can you live the entirety of your life without love? Can YOU spend the rest of your life without it? Do you need it? Love. Will you feel yourself missing something essential in your life that gives it probably, a certain sense of meaning and fulfillment? Will you feel a lacking in your happiness that all the designer bags and diamonds cannot make up for? Will YOU be happy?
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