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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]19:20 here.  I should clarify.  Some of those marriages do last, but as the other PP said, he's stepping out.  The wife has just accepted it.

I should also add that I'm talking about wealthy -- not comfortable but wealthy.

I actually think there's probably a sweet spot -- a level of financial comfort that makes for an easy life but doesn't cause problems in a marriage.  But once men reach a certain level of wealth and/or power, something happens.  They either cheat or they look for trophy wives.  I'm sure there are outliers.  But in general, that is what seems to happen.
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Why do women even put up with men? [/quote]

I'm the PP.  I think maybe my posts sound too dark and cynical.  I don't think all men are cheaters or bad.  I just think that wealth and power (especially in the extreme) have a corrupting influence, even on otherwise good people.  I think (and I've seen from various experiences) that you combine the wealth and power with aging, and that's kind of the recipe that leads to the mistress/trophy wife stuff.  I think women can also be corrupted by power and wealth and have their own aging/mortality panic-related behavior.  It just takes a different form.

And again, these are generalizations.  There are exceptions.  I'm painting with broad strokes because this is just a casual thread on an anonymous forum.

I am not a particularly religious person, but one thing I do think is profound is the statement "it's nearly impossible for a rich man to get into heaven."  I don't think that means that wealth is bad, but it means that wealth -- extreme wealth -- does weird things to people.

That was my point about the sweet spot.  (and I think that goes for a lot of things -- not just marriages.)  I think that too little money can cause problems because there is always financial strain.  But too much can also cause problems.  I honestly believe that there is a sweet spot that is just enough so that the constant worry/tension of money doesn't tear you apart but not so much that it corrupts you or gives you a sense of elitism/entitlement.

Pretty early on in my adult life, I worked around some wealthy people.  And I saw a little bit of the mentality that seems to go along with that.  That's a big part of what has informed my ideas above.  I see some of it now, but I should have been clearer above when I said I work around it -- I'm drawing not just from current experience, but past as well.  [/quote]

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