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THE BIG DEBATE: Would You Marry For Love Or Money

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I was recently in the presence of my friends and some colleagues from work, mind you we were only girls and the conversation naturally turned to relationships and marriage.
Somewhere over the course of the conversation this question crept its way into it. Majority of the girls, in fact ninety nine percent, opted for love and when it got to my turn I opted for money.
For some reason I don’t know why my revelation was a big bolt from the blue to my friends, after all, people get married for  various reasons.
Now, I know some of you GhanaCelebrities.Com readers have already tagged me the biggest gold digger on this side of Africa but I do not care. That would still not change my beliefs about marrying for money in the slightest bit. And yes, I have a conscience and good reasons for choosing money over love.
Let us be real here, no one goes into marriage thinking that love alone will sustain it. Wealth is very important in any relationship.
When you have financial problems, you are most likely to fight with your spouse or partner. So you see even those so-called suckers for love consider the money factor before they walk down that proverbial aisle.
So what is the point in holding it against one who settles for money over love.  What makes my choice any stranger than theirs?
My mother once told me “Smart women think more about the long run than the short term. Marriage is a long-term investment” and you definitely need to make that long term worth your while.
This assertion does have a true undertone to it.  Many young people rush into marriage these days with the notion that love will conquer it all. But that is an erroneous belief.
The divorce rate tells it all. Love fades, sex stops or greatly diminishes for most people eventually, and romance goes by the wayside (short run). Even the economic meltdown today can conquer the love that you both once shared.
However if you have the money you can have it all, the love and the happiness. Hell, even the sex gets better if you are most comfortable.

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