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MARRY
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REALLY
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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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