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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)

by Ken Fisher, Lara W. Hoffmans
November 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
256 pages
10h 55m
English
Wiley
Content preview from The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
5
MARRY
"\\TELL.
REALLY
"\\TELL
Was
Marilyn Monroe right when she said
in
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,
"Don't
you
know that a man being rich is like a
girl
being pretty?
You
wouldn't marry a girl
just
because she's
pretty,
but
my goodness, doesn't it help?"
eem ridiculous?
Then
this isn't your road. See it like this: You
wouldn't marry someone physically repulsive to you, so why
marry someone fiscally repulsive ?
If money moves you, shop
among the rich.
Ifyou don't like the notion, fine. Leave the rich
to
those who care.
Today, marrying for money is often decried. But marrying well
is
not
new; it's archetypal in literature and mythol
ogy-the
beauti-
ful
peasant
girl
marrying
the earnest
prince.
In
Europe
most
mar-
riages used to be arranged among people of comparable wealth.
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78
1The
Ten
Roads
to Riches
Marrying up was applauded! Marrying down was failure. Because
of
finances and technology, folks moved in limited circles.
They
chose mates from their circle or
one
was chosen by family from
outside.
Only more recently has it been common for lovers to choose
for
themselves-paving
another road to riches. Right or wrong,
it's taken an unseemly connotation. Whereas in
Pride and Prejudice
we cheer when the heroine bags rich Mr. Darcy, now she might be
called a "gold-digger." She shouldn't.
Warning: Marrying money can be rough whether done by a
man or woman ...
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