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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a woman and I have no idea how one makes it a job to marry rich.

I married a guy who I loved and respected,  and we've been lucky and unlucky. Life happens. Marrying for money is a stupid thing to do. [/quote]

This is the number one sport of the upper classes and upper middle classes. The game is just a bit more subtle.[/quote]

Chasing a rich husband just because he’s rich may be stupid. But it’s also stupid to marry a poetry major / ski instructor / 29 yr old barrista / Elementary school gym teacher and then come on DCUM and cry how you will never be able to afford to buy a house or have kids in the DC Metro area. It implies a basic inability to do math.

Over on the Money and Real Estate forums there are endless threads about how to achieve a desired standard of living in this expensive area. Many posters want to believe the system is rigged and that their own choices are not to blame - and lash out at people they perceive as undeserving. Time and time again people spell out the formula.
Pick your path -
Graduate with no debt. 
Make a lot of money in your 20s and save it. 
Marry someone who makes a lot of money. 
Have family money or marry it.

Yes, some people had the “marry the sweet guy I met at UMD and hope for the best” on their bingo card AND it turned out that the sweet guy from an average family ended up being very successful, but that’s a crap shoot and some people like OP are looking for better odds.  [/quote]

Fun fact:[b] There is a very limited number of well paying jobs.[/b] The job lottery is like the Harvard lottery, there are thousands of people out there with great grades, experience and willing to grind it out, only a few will get the coveted acceptance to Harvard or the coveted top paying jobs. Blaming people for not being smart enough, studying hard enough, planning well enough is disingenuous.[/quote]

FALSE. With an info gap and attitude like that you won't be competing for them. [/quote]

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