Many couples are now marrying for their partner's status and wealth instead of true love. Many of these examples are common amongst us and there are celebrity marriages that have been hyped by the media. Such examples would be Hugh Hefner and his runaway bride Crystal Harris, ----. There has also been a new slang word that is used to describe these kind of people, mostly women. Golddigger: Any woman whose primary interest in a relationship is material benefits. A woman who cares more about a man's bank account than she does about the man.
To me, money is defiinately important in a relationship, however it cannot exceed the importance of love. People can live without love, but they cannot live without money in this modern world. Money is definately a factor to consider in modern marriages as many want to live a better life with lesser money troubles. Love is also an important factor as if you marry just for money, you would most likely be unhappy as there is no emotional attachment to your spouse and the marriage would most probably end in disaster. there is definately an upward trend in these kind of marriages as people are getting more materialistic and only want the best for themselves. I think these kind of marriages are pointless. There should be an equal number of both love and money as in the modern world, no one can live without money. Love brings many happiness, money bring happiness aswell, but there should always be a perfect balance for a happy marriage.
I do believe that there is an upward trend in people marrying for money. But how do we stop this? Do you have any suggestions? Is money really more important than love. Of course with the materialistic world we live in now,money is important for us to survive but should be it less important than love? I do agree that many people have a mindset that love is useless and it is a waste of time. But I feel that love should not be weighed according to money and we should only marry the person we really love and not for money. Money is not everything but it is just a necessity of life. If we can live with the person we really love for the rest of our lives, wouldn't it be better? How do we stop this trend? This is still an unanswered question in my mind....
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ReplyDeleteIt is a matter of personal choice and beliefs, you cannot expect someone that value money greatly to suddenly change and treasure love more than money
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about your point that people can live without love but cannot live without money. However, money in life is still not everything. Although money ensures that our basic necessities are met, it can make people greedy if they want more money. This will lead to many untrue mariage as people marry just for the money. Money can bring happiness but only for a short period of time. However, love is forever and will never end. Therefore, I both agree and disagree with you.
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ReplyDeleteI am Jia Neng. Same as John, i agree with you that even though money is not as important as love, it is still impossible to live without money. I don't think that money makes the world go round. However, i think that love makes the world go round. Money only ensures our basic necessities, it is not everyhing in life. When people get materialistic, some marry for the sake of money. This kind of marriage would not last long as there is no true love.
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ReplyDeleteI am Jerome. I agree with you that people can live without love but not money in this modern wold. But that kind of life would not be happy. Because you marry the other party only for money and not because you love him. Even though you have a lot of money, you will not feel happy. There are also people who live with love but without money. That should be the way it is. Regardless of the other party's financial statues, you are still willing to marry him shows how much you love him. With this love, both parties will lead a happier life than those with money. Money can be used up one day, but love is forever there.
I disagree with you that there is an upward trend in marriages for money. In the modern world, people are getting more educated and would not care about financial problems simply because they do not have one. They can earn money more easily and they lack love. So more people will marry for love.
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Sorry i actually agree with you that there is an upward trend in marriages for money. I was only considering the trend in Singapore's context which is not good. In other parts of the world, like India and Afganistan, there are forced marriages by family members as they want money. The other party may also force the other party to marry him as he is rich and everyone will agree to that.
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ReplyDeleteagree with you that an ideal marriage should be I about both love and money, and both of them ought to be given equal importance. However, such marriages are rare in reality and more often than not; one is predominant over the other. In such cases, I believe that love ought to be the main factor, for the main reason the money can be slowly built up given love and cooperation in a relationship.
ReplyDeleteI am Leon Ng from 2O220. I agree with you in most parts of your post. However, I find it contradicting for you to say that love is more important than money and that no one can live without money. So which one is more important to you? Money or love? Since you say that love is more important than money, than why say one can live without love but not money? Please clarify my doubt, thank you. In my opinion, I think otherwise. In fact, no one can live without love! Living without love is more unbearable than living without money. It is in fact, love that keeps most lives going on? Would you prefer to be wealthy but unloved or poor but loved? I suppose you would prefer the latter. Money only provides contentment and happiness about life temporarily while love is powerful, influential and provides happiness eternally to those who are fortunate enough feel it. However, if we think in a realistic manner, you did make a good point. In this materialistic world which values money, one without money would certainly not be able to support one's life but one's life can still go on without love, unhappily though. In conclusion, I very much agree with your last point which states that a balance is required between money and love.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your point of views. In this modern world one cannot survive without money. The stresses of life would crush even the strongest form of love. However important the role of money would play in relationships. I feel that love is still the most important factor. Without love how can a relationship last, I feel that people who marry others for money would never experience true love. Money is love to them I feel that this is very SAD :(
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