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If money was no object would you leave?

135 replies

Springtime111 · 01/05/2024 11:12

DH and I were discussing a couple we know who are not very happily married. Of course, we don't know the intricacies, and they 'jog along' but chatting between us we wondered if they stay more for the nice house/business etc, as don't really seem to like each other very much from things they say to us, and regularly threatening to leave (but never do)

It got me wondering how many people would actually leave their spouse if they came into a large sum of money so there's no financial difficulties to encounter going it alone. I'm guessing a lot.

Would you?

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missshilling · 01/05/2024 11:22

x88mph · 01/05/2024 11:20

No, not at all. The extra money would just mean we would be free to do more of the things we enjoy together.

Same.

x88mph · 01/05/2024 11:20

No, not at all. The extra money would just mean we would be free to do more of the things we enjoy together.

C1N1C · 01/05/2024 11:19

Yes

Springtime111 · 01/05/2024 11:18

I wonder if a lot stay in unhappy, unfullfilling marriages because of the fear of going it alone financially. Some probably simply can't afford to go. Sad that money dictates lives really and people are forced to stay and be miserable.

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MissMillyFluff · 01/05/2024 11:17

No I wouldn't leave, but I'd improve both our lives if I came into a vast amount of money.

CheesexCrackers · 01/05/2024 11:16

No, I love him dearly, if I wasn't happy I would leave regardless of money.

ByUmberViewer · 01/05/2024 11:16

I'm not sure about married couples but I suspect a big percentage of co-habiters do so for financial reasons.

Hermittrismegistus · 01/05/2024 11:15

No!

Nightblindness · 01/05/2024 11:15

No.

JamieDee · 01/05/2024 11:14

No definitely not