When that happens my friend, money is no object!!!<br><br>Thank you for the good wishes Amy . I agree with your post, however the point of this thread was more the financial aspects of a relationship, not the central aspect of love, that's why I didn't mention anything about it. You're feelings are right, I've never been love, outside puppy love. By the way, money is always an object, its just the way you treat it. When married, each dollar will be the same for me as it is for my wife, I'll be able to trust her to do whatever with our accounts, and she could trust me (although major decisions should be done together).<br><br> Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country .

I think I see the problem GOP, you are watching way too much Fox News<br><br>Hahaha, didn't even catch that, I guess I'm brain-washed now :-). Good one Trog.<br><br> Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country .

I agree with parts of your post, and not with others. For instance, if you love someone with all your heart, and they don't love you back, there is no point in it. A relationship is a two way street, it has to go both ways with love, respect...basically everything.<br><br>On the part of money.... Have you been only dating "gold diggers" or something? Granted I'm a man saying this, and I can't speak with any right on what "all women want", but I know if a women loves a man, and it's mutual, money doesn't matter at all. My parents have been married for 39 years, and have gone through stints where they have both been unemployed with basically no money. Did my mom ever leave my dad because he didn't have any money? Hell no! She stuck it out with him and they got through it, and in my opinion, are better people because of it. It's truely sad in the last 10-15 years that people have begun to focus more on money then on the love in relationship, because really they are two totally seperate things, and should not effect each other.<br><br>----<br>Stupidity is like nuclear power. It can be used for good or evil.... and you don't want to get any on you.

I can relate to that myself...<br><br>My wife and I have BOTH had stretches where we were unemployed for a good couple of months...Just made us stronger.<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>

Morom,<br><br>I agree with your post. Maybe I'm not communicating myself correctly. My point about money is not that it affects love, but that money isn't irrelevent. It can't be thrown around, and I won't be attracted to a girl who expects me to drive a 5 series, and has a spendoholic personality. I like girls who are frugal, and who knows, maybe know something or two about investing, and most women are better savers than men. <br><br>The love you described about your parents is the exact love I have the patience to wait for, and the only love I would want to wait for. This doesn't change my attraction to frugal girls ;-). Money, like health, is not irrelevent. It just should be no concern once married. However they are important signs before marriag giving you insight into the future of a relationship. <br><br>No matter what income group a person comes from, you can tell about a person's attitude towards moeny. If you ever seen "Rich Girls" on MTV, they might be the type who can afford to pay for their eventually boyfriends all the time, yet their spendaholic mentality is a total turn off. I don't care about the background of a girl, but her attitutde towards money should be taken into account. We just won't be compatible when I say "Honey let's get the Honda Accord" and she says "NOOO, where's my Lexus?"<br><br> Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country .

Here's how a date would go with me :<br><br>"Hi Amy?"<br>"Yes."<br>"This is GOP. We met at the H&R block."<br>"Oh yeah, I remember. How are you? Your name can't be GOP!"<br>"I'm good. Um, want to grab a "bite." I'll take you out to Applebee's. I got a coupon for it, and its a really fancy place."<br>"I guess"<br><br>After dinner is over, and bill arrives:<br>"Yeah, your half is $7"<br>"I thought you invited me"<br>"You're a liberal commie if you think we should share everything. Go back to Cuba."<br>"Jerk"<br><br>Date ends.<br><br>PS:<br>This entire post is a joke , and I would never ask a girl to pay half the bill, it should be taking turns, and definately not on the first date, but eventually.<br><br> Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country .

This entire post is a joke<br><br>yeah, considering your history around here so far, it might be a good idea to include that from now on whenever you ARE joking...<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>

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The only person that makes money relevent to a relationship is the person that allows money to be some kind of "controller" in their life. <br><br>I think, in my personal experiences, that people that have had to work hard for their money have a better appreciation for it, then those who just "fell into it". I grew up lower-middle class as did my parents, and have always had a repsect for money. When I go out on a date with a girl and have a good time, I pay for the full dinner only because it is my way of showing my appreciation for the good time that I had. If I didn't have a good time, or the two of us didn't "hit it off" then I'm much more likely to split the meal between the two of us, and leave things as they may be. <br><br>I have dated different typs of women in my day, and not to sound like I'm labelling or grouping people together, but there are specific types when it comes to paying for the first, and/or subsequent dates.<br><br>-Expects to have the dinner paid for, and doesn't even thank you for paying<br>-Offers to pay for dinner, but thanks you when you cover it for her<br>-Pays for dinner and/or gets upset if she can't at least cover the tip<br><br>Granted there are probably sub-catagories of this, but I prefer the middle ground when it comes to the specific issue. I'll pay for dinner, but she better not be expecting $50 entree's on the first date. That's not to say I will take her to McD's, but somewhere in between there..<br><br>All in all, if I date a women who is interested in me for the money, that is a *major* turn-off and I most likely won't date her again.<br><br>----<br>Stupidity is like nuclear power. It can be used for good or evil.... and you don't want to get any on you.

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