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Again, are you an actual adult?  If the one and only objective in your life is to have the "best," in material goods and status and working little, then yes, marrying rich is a brilliant move.

But maybe there are plenty of happy, secure people who don't actually desire this.

I think there is a fallacy on this board that money = security for the rest of your life.  That's not true.  Money gives you the illusion of security, which for many people, is enough.  But money cannot protect you from everything, including depression or unhappiness.  Nor will money secure your children for the rest of their lives.  Even with huge sums of money you can still lose that money, get sick, die, get divorced, raise screwed up kids, raise kids who lose all that money you wanted so much.  It happens and it has happened to people who are smarter and nicer and more attractive than you or me.  You might say "oh, but money makes all of those worst-case scenarios less likely," or "I'd rather have a problem WITH money than without it."  Ok, sure, but wouldn't you rather just not have problems?

I make an average income, but I don't have a shit-ton of problems in my life.  I definitely have problems, but they're problems I can handle.  And you know what?  That's enough.  I don't need a luxury yacht, or trips to Europe, or fancy schools for my kids.

You know what money can't buy?  Time.  You have a finite time on this Earth, and you are wasting it on stupid shit like fantasizing about your rich friend and how she has it better than you. 
 I'm going to enjoy what I have instead of wasting my time.[/quote]

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