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In article <Pine.BSI.3.91.960502002845.8866D-100000@mv.mv.com>,
-=Weezel=-  <louise@mv.mv.com> wrote:
>YOU took it and said, "yeah, some women are after money, and those of us 
>with truely ugly mugs appreciate this fact as it's the only way we can 
>get laid." 
>
>(I believe that's a fairly direct translation of what you said...)
>
>My point... maybe it's the only way you can get laid on the first date by
>barbie dolls who want big bucks. But you're missing the point. I've dated 
>"cute" guys and I've dated guys whose looks would not win any awards. And 
>those between. You do not have to be something that looks like it should 
>be on television to interest women... nor do you have to buy us.


Actually I don't think that is what he said.   There are two forms in
which women (and men) are attracted to wealth in a partner.

There are those who want some of that wealth, whom you describe.  But that
is not the full picture.   There are also those who simply respect and
admire a person's success and lifestyle, and there is nothing wrong with
being attracted for that reason.

Indeed, given a choice between some woman desiring me because she thinks
I'm physically attractive and a woman desiring me because she admires
how I have made myself wealthy, I will take the latter.  It's more "me"
in a way, the skills that got me where I am in business are more intrinsic
to me than the curve of my nose or the colour of my eyes.

Of course there are those who have both feelings -- admiration for the
success and a desire to partake of it.  They'll be disappointed, at least
with me, not because I am a skinflint, but because I dislike anything
being one-way in a relationship, including the sharing of material things.
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