A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this
year.
I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy
with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy,
but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in
New York . My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this
forum who has an income of $500k annual salary?
Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry
rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k
annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone
is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New
York City Garden , $250k annual income is not enough.
I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the
names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a
few girls who don?t have looks and are not interesting, but they
are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your
girlfriend? (My target now is to get married)
Ms. Pretty
Here's a reply from a Wall Street Financial guy:
Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of
girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow
me to analyze your situation as a professional investor. My annual
income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope
everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here.
From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to
marry you.
The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details
aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of beauty and money:
Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and
square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will
fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The
fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't
be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics,
I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's
not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that
is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years
later.
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position,
dating with you is also a trading position. If the trade value
dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for
long term same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be
cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets
with great depreciation value will be sold or leased. Anyone with
over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but
will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any
clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself
to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better
chance than finding a rich fool.
Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in leasing services,
do contact me.
Signed,
J.P. Morgan