Would you marry or date someone that earn less than you ?

[Miss_XxAriaxX]

Some people say woman are gold-diggers (not every one )...

I was wondering, since this guild is all girls,

tell me if you like or love someone, would the salary be important ?

If the salary is important, what is the salary range that you prefer ?

One of my friend says if she isn't with her love of her life (current boyfriend) she would marry a rich man (which means she doesn't care that she doesn't love him).

I asked her how rich.... She said he must live in luxury....


I mean that's quite high as a salary range.

What if you can't find your ideal boyfriend/husband with that salary range ?
Would you really marry without love?  

[Clasela]

✿ I choose love over luxury. My partner has been out of work for a few months and I have been supporting him through and through.
It's hard, we've had to cut back a lot on little delicacies, but it's made me realise that we don't need much in life to be happy.
I could never marry someone for money, the idea itself makes me sick because to me, love is happiness and money cannot buy that.

 

[Kitalpha Hart]

well, i have no interest in having a partner, but some males are gold diggers as well -.-l|l
makes me wanna slap them
on the off chance that i'd marry, it'd be more practical than anything else  

[Ittarius]

I personally don't really even want to get married. I don't know if I would marry a guy that I wasn't positive was my soul-mate even if he was super-rich and totally adored me. I would settle for no less than "true love", because marriage isn't high enough on my priority list to compromise.  

[hoenest]

to me, it would not matter at all; just as long as he makes me happy, and i make him happy--and together we are happy-- then i would marry him.

love is important to me, ever since i was little. so, yeah love over money c:  

[Mother Molly]

Salary isn't important to me but work ethic is. It's one thing if you're in a relationship and your partner falls on hard times. It can happen to anyone, and you stick by them. I've been taken advantage of before by a lazy bugger who just didn't want to work and blamed his unemployment on everyone but himself. I now think twice about dating anyone who can't hold down a job.
As for marriage, it's not something I think about. If I truly cared about the other person and we were surviving then it wouldn't be a problem. Being brought up lower middle class, I can go without a lot of luxury without complaint.  

[Pia Austin]

Would like a nice salary, or at least a steady income for my partner that way I don't have to worry about the sensation of munching. With a girl or dude this would be important to me  

[Miss_XxAriaxX]

mSlMD

Salary isn't important to me but work ethic is. It's one thing if you're in a relationship and your partner falls on hard times. It can happen to anyone, and you stick by them. I've been taken advantage of before by a lazy bugger who just didn't want to work and blamed his unemployment on everyone but himself. I now think twice about dating anyone who can't hold down a job.
As for marriage, it's not something I think about. If I truly cared about the other person and we were surviving then it wouldn't be a problem. Being brought up lower middle class, I can go without a lot of luxury without complaint.

I was thinking the same way. It was just hard for me to understand my friend's opinion... She would marry without love and love him only for his money....
I appreciate her honesty but... emotion_puke  

[icecream-dreams]

LOve over money definitely. biggrin  

[MizuiroSky]

I am going to law school (partially) for this very reason! I want the freedom to be able to support myself and another person so that I can be free to marry whomever I love, without needing to consider their salary. That being said, I like hardworking, driven and motivated people like myself so whomever I end up with will not be a dead-weight couch potato.  

[getmeoffthishellsite]

Since I plan on being fairly independent before I get married (so in case anything happens I'll still be able to support myself) I wouldn't mind if the man didn't make as much as I did, or anything at all. However, if he wasn't working (whether by choice or by not being able to find a job) I would want him to be doing something, whether it was helping around the house, following his dreams, or finding other things to do for money.

I don't like the idea of relying on someone else in general, so marrying for money scares me.

 

[Seasick Katie]

Ittarius

I personally don't really even want to get married. I don't know if I would marry a guy that I wasn't positive was my soul-mate even if he was super-rich and totally adored me. I would settle for no less than "true love", because marriage isn't high enough on my priority list to compromise.

Agree with this, marriage isn't high on my priority list. BUT if it was, ya I'd totally marry someone who made a lower salary than me smile . As long as they have a passion and don't lay around the house all day, I don't care how much they make. I'll be a doctor so I know I can support the both of us.

He needs to have a passion (could be something that makes little money, teacher/art/pro bono lawyer/researcher) as long as he has a passion and isn't lazy.  

[-Summer Cherries-]

Whether my partner earns more or less than me is irrelevant. His economic stability on the other hand, does matter. Love is undoubtedly a major factor - no point in getting married otherwise - but it's naive to think one's marriage can subsist on that alone. We will have to have some serious conversations regarding our respective careers, income and capacity to maintain a certain quality of life before something as binding as marriage can be brought to the table. Financial distress/disagreement is a huge player in the break up of many married couples.  

[SilentFantasies]

I don't care what my boyfriend earns, but him and I both would like me to be a stay at home mom in the future, so he needs to make 50k until we hit our 3rd child, then we'd need 60k to live comfortably. We're both business majors so it is realistic, but I'd be happy even if we lived in a shoe lol. I just want my little online business and to sit at home and he is totally okay with that.  

[FredesvindaTiburcio]

Yes.