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 donĀut 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