do you earn enough to compensate for your shortcomings?

Aliantha · 04-11-2007, 02:02 AM

All relationships are based on trade offs. For everything that you find annoying or just plain unattractive about your eventual mate, there are other things that you feel are just perfect. I suppose some people might think financial compensation is a plus, but I'd argue that most relationships founded on this premis are doomed to failure because if there's one thing we surely must all acknowledge it's that money doesn't buy happiness or love or anything else like that.

Remember, the data is from a dating site. Not a 'successful relationships' site. Short term you might overlook a few glaring flaws for the sake of living it up, but I'd guess most women or men wouldn't be satisfied with this sort of trade off in the long run.

04-11-2007, 02:02 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	All relationships are based on trade offs. For everything that you find annoying or just plain unattractive about your eventual mate, there are other things that you feel are just perfect. I suppose some people might think financial compensation is a plus, but I'd argue that most relationships founded on this premis are doomed to failure because if there's one thing we surely must all acknowledge it's that money doesn't buy happiness or love or anything else like that. Remember, the data is from a dating site. Not a 'successful relationships' site. Short term you might overlook a few glaring flaws for the sake of living it up, but I'd guess most women or men wouldn't be satisfied with this sort of trade off in the long run. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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