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[quote=Anonymous]One of my best friends from college married for money. The guy was a handsome business owner and raking it in, driving a great car, took her to expensive restaurants. She's a beautiful blond, and he openly told her when they got engaged that he always wanted her to go to the gym because he never wants a fat wife. She somehow was flattered by that and bragged about how rich they were going to be. She's also a very smart and driven person, and I was horrified by her grasping on to this arrangement and figured she wasn't the person I thought she was. They've been married between 10-15 years now and she is one of the most miserable people I know. Within about five years of their marriage, his business went under and he's started several others since then that haven't worked out. He's currently unemployed. He's a horrible father who doesn't help at all with their three sons -- all the parenting work is on her, while she is the primary breadwinner as well. (She has a great job -- those smarts and drive at least have paid off for her.) She's still beautiful -- competes in marathons and is in fantastic shape at 40, so he got what he wanted on that front. I know she's considered leaving him, but she's Catholic so I imagine she stays because she doesn't in the end believe in divorce. We are no longer as close, and she lost almost all her other good lifelong friends because no one really respects her choice and she's such an unhappy person to be around. My heart really goes out to her because I'm sure she realizes what a grave mistake she made and feels trapped. But we're not close enough any more to really talk it out. Not sure she has anyone to talk to. It's tragic. [/quote]

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