rich vs. poor

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Jan 8, 2009 at 18:18

I couldn't agree more, Lisa. If I had the choice between marrying some millionaire oil tycoon and a lower class guy with a great personality, I'd choose the poor guy, and tell the rich guy to shove it lol - I'm sure to some people, this notion sounds romantic and mushy, but I personally think that it's a great quality to have. I myself used to be horribly materialistic (what little girl isn't), and all I dreamed about was landing up with a rich man, but when I met my first love - a poor but hard-working Berber guy, it all changed. I started to see that it's what's inside that counts, and I'd actually proud to have this quality. Of course there's a lot of trashy poor men who scam and are general morons, but that's not to say rich men aren't trashy! Because I've seen extremely low-class behaviour coming from rich men. One day, one of these women complaining about poorer men might just fall in love with a man who cleans out toilets for a living, cause guess what you can't help it. Poor guys need love too!

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