Many Women Marry for the Wrong Reason

Deep Thoughts #2 -- Many Women Marry For the Wrong Reason

“Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing; a confusion of the real with the ideal never goes unpunished,” said Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. An American wealth-research corporation, Prince and Associates, once did a research on a sample group of more than thirty women that if they would marry for money. Surprisingly, about approximately seventy-five percent of the group said “yes”. In fact, many women admit that they would rather marry a billionaire that they barely know than a penniless guy they truly love. We often read in novels and see it in those late night soap dramas, in the most romantic setting with exquisite background music, the main character solemnly promises his passionate love to the female actor with ninety-nine roses in his hand; the female character of course feels touched by his actions and blissfully accepts his proposal. Depressingly, those fairy-tales are too beautiful to become true. Take Mr. and Mrs. Bennet from Pride and Prejudice for an example, it is quite obvious that these two irresponsible adults did no marry for pure love. Mr. Bennet was more attracted to Mrs. Bennet’s physical appearance in his youth, and he rushed into courtship without further consideration. As time passes, Mrs. Bennet no longer has her good-looking face. Twenty years later, Mr. Bennet lost interest in her and regret ever marrying her. As you can see, in the twenty-first century, a time full with fierce competition, material gain is the first thing most women concern about when they marry, followed by physical attraction and security to a stable home.

In the book of Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Wickham is a typical character who marries only for the desire of money. “Regar...

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...time, it is the form of two souls combing emotionally, physically, and spiritually together. However, there are still many women who voluntarily lower their standards and accept the first person they meet, because they have an alluring face with an enthralling body. Others are just looking for a companion to help them and occupy a moderate, cozy family. Knowing the fact that spending the rest of a lifetime with a person without advance relationship foundation and much communication can be painful but there are still plenty of “gold-diggers”, who is willing to throw away their freedom, and a relaxing single lifestyle for money. Their belief is to buy into a lifestyle, where their vanity and snobbery can be satisfied. Too many women never realized that they were embroiled into the marriage whirlpool and drowned their happiness with their own hand.