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Sunday, December 16, 2007
1:20:00 PM EST
Hearing New Kid in Town -- The Eagles
Here's a cheeful little article for you: How much would most people need to marry someone for money, not love? Here's how much:
According to a survey by Prince & Associates, a Connecticut-based wealth-research firm, the average "price" that men and women demand to marry for money these days is $1.5 million.
The survey polled 1,134 people nationwide with incomes ranging between $30,000 to $60,000 (squarely in the median range for nationwide incomes). The survey asked: "How willing are you to marry an average-looking person that you liked, if they had money?"
Fully two-thirds of women and half of the men said they were "very" or "extremely" willing to marry for money. The answers varied by age: Women in their 30s were the most likely to say they would marry for money (74%) while men in their 20s were the least likely (41%).
"I'm a little shocked at the numbers," says Pamela Smock, a sociologist at the University of Michigan who has studied marriage and money. "It's kind of against the notion of love and soul mates and the main motivations to marry in our culture."
I'm not particularly shocked myself, although I'm glad not to be in that position. It does make me think that people who are well off have to be careful in who it is they love and choose to share their life. Mind you, everyone needs to do this, but the money adds an additional complication.
Mostly it makes me glad I'm already married.
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1:20:00 PM EST
Hearing New Kid in Town -- The Eagles
Marrying for Money
Here's a cheeful little article for you: How much would most people need to marry someone for money, not love? Here's how much:
According to a survey by Prince & Associates, a Connecticut-based wealth-research firm, the average "price" that men and women demand to marry for money these days is $1.5 million.
The survey polled 1,134 people nationwide with incomes ranging between $30,000 to $60,000 (squarely in the median range for nationwide incomes). The survey asked: "How willing are you to marry an average-looking person that you liked, if they had money?"
Fully two-thirds of women and half of the men said they were "very" or "extremely" willing to marry for money. The answers varied by age: Women in their 30s were the most likely to say they would marry for money (74%) while men in their 20s were the least likely (41%).
"I'm a little shocked at the numbers," says Pamela Smock, a sociologist at the University of Michigan who has studied marriage and money. "It's kind of against the notion of love and soul mates and the main motivations to marry in our culture."
I'm not particularly shocked myself, although I'm glad not to be in that position. It does make me think that people who are well off have to be careful in who it is they love and choose to share their life. Mind you, everyone needs to do this, but the money adds an additional complication.
Mostly it makes me glad I'm already married.
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12/16/07 9:50 PM
be well,
Dawn
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