Would you rather be single & rich or married & poor
 

Would you rather be single and rich or married and poor? If you can do it all over again, what would you do?

I am taking the hypothetical to the extremes, I am sure you can be both married and rich, but generally speaking when you have kids, college, morgage payments, houswife that dont work, daycare, etc. your disposible income decreases (generally speaking).

I was watching the movie "family man with nicholas cage" and got the idea from there...

Also, mention your age bracket when posting, different ages indicates different levels of maturity and goals in life.

It's one of those catch 22 questions because IMO or in my peticular case there's know way I could make it without a good woman.

Also neither of those whould apply. Marry smart if you are dating a girl/guy and all your thinking about is T!ts/ass keep em for your personal desires but by all means continue to look for someone with good head on their shoulders.

See I can keep my comments PC!:cool:

Hi All
This is to easy. Here we go.
I am single and I am rich. At my age 48 have no desire to be married. Care free life style suits me just fine.Happy driving.

joe moon
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Interesting....it seems I may have to make this choice at some point. What should I do?

EDIT: Oops, forgot....I'm 38. ;)

I'll take the single and rich option.

I never tried poor, but I did try married. Didn't like it much. Single and rich works for me.

30 years old.

Single and rich. That family man movie made me wanna puke. Give me the Ferrari and the pimp apartment.

As long as I'm married, I don't care what happens financially.
My father, a man of few words, likes to say "the smartest thing you ever did was marry that girl", and he's right:D :D

I'm 47, married, and definately not rich. I often tease the wife about "if I'd stayed single, I'd have a new Benz sitting out in the garage,not one that's 20 years old with over 300,000 miles on it":D ;)

Nope. Wouldn't trade what I have(and don't have) for whatever the rest of you think you have. Sorry.:p

The "Family Man" movie, for those that have not seen it, had a fellow transported from his wealthy, selfish life of being a corporate raider driving a Ferrari and living in a Manhattan de-luxe, to being a tire salesguy married with some kids living in Jersey.

If I had to pick between the two scenarios in the movie, I would pick the married guy with the family. He had many riches, just none of them measued in money.

If I wanted to live the ideal life, I'd be single and rich.

It is my duty to pass on the family name, so I have to become married and poor someday.

How is it that married couples live longer if there is so much stress? I never understood that.

The best defense I have, I guess, is to find a girl who is as daring as me.;)

Married and rich. Ask John Kerry.

count me in on the married and poor crowd.

i'm currently single but would like to be married someday.

i'm not sure if i am single AND poor right now though. I have no credit card debt, no student loans, i max out my 401k, i save another 10% into my vanguard mutual fund.
i guess i'm not poor but i feel poor right now since i have to bring my lunch to work everyday and think twice before buying non-essential things. my checking account is zero at the end of the month.

i suppose being poor and feeling poor are two different things.

Having lived both lifestyles (and a few others). Single and rich is the ONLY option.

Being poor is misery and being married along with it is miseryX2.

Those who claim that being married and poor suits them are deluded and need to have their medication levels checked.

Of course, my sig-other would probably disagree, but that's only because SHE'S the rich one and I'M the poor one in this relationship!

BTW, don't tell her I said any of this....., shhhh...., I think she's coming up stairs....., gotta go......

Good answer. Having money is a great thing, but if you've never experienced the richness of a loving family, you can't possibly answer this question with any merit...

...and I only remember being single and poor... :rolleyes: ...made it tough to land a mate in the first place! :p :p