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Pump & Dump: The Craigs List Gold Digger
I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament. Firstly, I’m not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here’s how I see it.
Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a crappy business deal. Here’s why.
Cutting through all the B.S., what you suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring my money. Fine, simple. But here’s the rub, your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity…in fact, it is very likely that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won’t be getting any more beautiful!
So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation accelerates! Let me explain, you’re 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!
So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy and hold…hence the rub…marriage. It doesn’t make good business sense to “buy you” (which is what you’re asking) so I’d rather lease. In case you think I’m being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It’s as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.
Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So, I wonder why a girl as “articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful” as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K hasn’t found you, if not only for a tryout.
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1 Condor&$390 // Aug 10, 2008 at 8:45 am
How refreshing to be reacquainted with the behavioral laws which exists even in romance. This is a simply case of two different types of selection pressures; the women here represents an average predator, and the “he(s)” identifiable prey. From this standpoint her pressure to seek enrichment are complicated by her diminishing assets. Poor female, and possibly poor male(s).
2 Anonnymous // Jun 22, 2008 at 10:22 pm
Go get a job, what a loser!
3 Is Having A Sugar Daddy Worth It? // Mar 3, 2008 at 6:59 am
[…] whatever reason, the subject of love for money has been hot lately. We had the Craig’s List Gold Digger in November of 2007. And dozens of websites that hook rich dudes up to good-looking women have popped up. […]
4 Anonymous // Jan 29, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Why does she think a man with money will be shallow enough to fall for an obvious gold digger like this? Doesn’t she know they’re smarter than that? Unless they are pathetic old men trying to recapture their youth. And that’s just gross.
I spent most of my life contemplating metaphysics, not the almighty dollar. I passed up men with money because they weren’t “right” for me. I had to leave my hometown of NYC because I couldn’t afford to live there. Ironically, when I left NY I fell in love with a guy who unbeknownst to me was due to inherit millions. I didn’t find out until 2 years into the relationship. All that time I thought he only made $70,000 a year on a good year. I think he wanted to be sure I loved him for him. Well of course, I’m not a gold digger anyway. But the point is that I wasn’t even looking for a guy with money but found one nonetheless. And it wasn’t because I had anything going for me other than my soul and my character, which were the things that appealed to him most. I am not unattractive but I am no model.
The point is, men with money need love too, not just someone who will use them and look pretty on their arm for a few years before they get what they want and move on to greener pastures. If you want that kind of guy you will get what you deserve - Someone you don’t love who doesn’t love you, and probably isn’t capable of loving any woman. And you know what? The money won’t be any consolation for being with a jerk who doesn’t love you.
I look at my boyfriend’s money as a blessing and a curse. With money comes responsibility. There are always people in the wings trying to get their hands on it. My boyfriend is a sweet guy who isn’t affected by wealth at all. It’s one of the reasons I love him so much. I would gladly forsake all the money if it caused us distress. When one matures one finds happiness in non-material things. This girl is going to learn this the hard way and either become embittered and depressed or learn to value the really important things in life. I sincerely hope for her sake that it will be the latter.
5 cute11 // Dec 19, 2007 at 7:09 am
maybe you can go to millionaire & celeb dating site WealthyRomance.com where you can find the one you desire.
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