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Love or Money

104 replies

changesoul · 31/07/2021 03:51

If you have to choose between love & money what will you choose & Why? U cannot have both.

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AbstractEim · 31/07/2021 09:09

Love. Would never chose someone for their money, I always wanted to make my own.

notapanday · 31/07/2021 09:24

If he was an older billionaire probably money. I could find love later

Polkadots2021 · 31/07/2021 11:03

@changesoul

If you have to choose between love & money what will you choose & Why? U cannot have both.
Love because it's just way cooler and also because the most priceless thing ultimately is always defined by scarcity and it's actually a lot harder to achieve true love than get money. So given that true love is scarcer than money, those with money have something less scarce and therefore less valuable than you would, if you chose love.
FloofyCushion · 31/07/2021 11:12

Too many variables I think. Living alone in a mansion with an army of cats sounds appealing, but so does a small, modest house filled with love.

However, struggling with poverty and homelessness is not easier just because you have prince charming by your side, and an abusive husband is not tolerable just because you have exotic holidays and a big house.

Marineboy67 · 31/07/2021 11:29

Love...I've had money, the cars, the houses lost it and gradually worked my way back up a bit. Live a relatively simple now and never been happier.

PerpetuallyBaffled · 31/07/2021 11:32

If it was just me to consider, then love, obviously.

BasicDad · 31/07/2021 11:43

Love is frequently more disappointing than money though. So, money.

Hopingforabagofbuttons · 31/07/2021 11:48

Depends on how much . If we’re talking about shit loads then def money. People say money can’t buy you happiness, I’d be more than happy to test that out for myself. Lol

LunaAndHerMoonDragons · 31/07/2021 12:07

@Hopingforabagofbuttons

Depends on how much . If we’re talking about shit loads then def money. People say money can’t buy you happiness, I’d be more than happy to test that out for myself. Lol
Money, enough to buy my own place for me and DC. I tried that whole love thing and now I just want peace and security.
bathsh3ba · 31/07/2021 12:23

Love. Money is no fun if you have noone to share it with.

bathsh3ba · 31/07/2021 12:24

But actual love. Proper, mutual, sacrificial love. And not necessarily romantic or sexual.

Buggritbuggrit · 31/07/2021 12:34

I see. Then I’d have to say money, I’m afraid.

Buggritbuggrit · 31/07/2021 12:36

That was meant to be in response to the under £20K thing. I am apparently incapable of quoting.

Shopsclosed · 31/07/2021 12:44

After the experiences I’ve had in life with men....Money!

Jerseygirl12 · 31/07/2021 13:05

Love but I have money so it’s easy to say love. If you have very little money I imagine it’s a more difficult choice.

Fizzbangwallop · 31/07/2021 13:13

When I was young I’d have chosen love but now I’m older, it’s definitely money!

PigeonPink · 31/07/2021 13:15

Money. Life is so much better and easier when you’re rich. You can always have affairs if you want to.

Kendodd · 31/07/2021 13:24

I think love is much more likely to make you happy than being very rich is, well, unless it's grinding neverending poverty you're talking about.

The evidence for this is everywhere around us. Look at all the people in the world with children, they've almost all chosen love over money by bringing another person into the world who practically eats every penny they have.

CrotchetyQuaver · 31/07/2021 13:31

Having seen and known many obviously unhappy women with big houses, shiny new cars, lovely clothes, kids at private school, fancy holidays and all the rest of it, but arsehole rich husbands who treated them horribly.... I'd say go for love. They were bloody miserable and I dread to think what their home lives were like. Makes me wonder why they didn't divorce them but I'm sure they had their reasons

PigeonPink · 31/07/2021 13:33

Look at all the people in the world with children, they've almost all chosen love over money
This is exactly why I’d choose the money. To give my DC the best possible life. I can put up with a man I don’t love if my DC are benefiting from my unhappiness.

YouShouldLeave · 31/07/2021 13:40

@Kendodd

I think love is much more likely to make you happy than being very rich is, well, unless it's grinding neverending poverty you're talking about.

The evidence for this is everywhere around us. Look at all the people in the world with children, they've almost all chosen love over money by bringing another person into the world who practically eats every penny they have.

What does children have to with love. Many seem to have them just because you’re supposed to. And isin’t about half of them an ”accident”. And so many parents are so miserable. And treat their kids bad.
IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 31/07/2021 13:45

@MayorGundersonsDogRufus

Love. I can earn my own money.
This ^

I wonder how many parents would be happy knowing their child’s partner had chosen them for their money rather than who they are. Very sad.

DivorcedAndDelighted · 31/07/2021 13:49

Love. I've been poor and I've been rich and it's all just glitter if you don't have love. I look enviously at couples who are obviously comfortable together and who are a team. I'd rather my kids had a dad who was interested in them than the money he gave them.

RosesAndHellebores · 31/07/2021 13:51

Love. But I had money. DH was on his uppers when we met and inch by yard his prospects improved.

If you have love money may come and enrich the relationship. If you just have money there is nothing to bind you together through the disappointments and bereavements. However I think grinding poverty can wear down the love to the point where the smallest things rankle and irk and then turn to the ick.

Kendodd · 31/07/2021 14:02

Was this meant to be a choice between a riich partner you didn't love or a poor partner you did love?
I read it being a life where you loved nobody and nobody loved you but you were rich or a live filled with love but not much money.

I would much rather have a love filled life.

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