For love or money

Love is wonderful…but love and money is much better in a real world. Though, I will not consider being with someone just for the dough! I am definitely not looking for a free ride but one thing's for sure - a successful career of a romantic partner is right up there on the top of my dating criteria. I don't want the struggles involved with someone who isn't pulling in the bucks when life gets going with kids and mortgage and remodelling. The fact is I may probably be discounting a lot of potentially wonderful, very compatible partners just because they don't have jobs or have no motivation to get one. Sure, money might make life a bit cushier but it certainly doesn't buy happiness - it won't make up for the misery of being with someone you couldn't care less about as a person.

While I would likely choose true love over big bucks, I do have certain limits. I hope that the one I fall for has ambition and makes decent moolah. I know that the most important thing in a relationship is the person's personality (and, ok, maybe looks), not their bank account, and I'm not about to pass up the opportunity to date wonderful people just because they haven't hit the jackpot. Having said that, I would still want them to know the pain of a hard earned dollar. All I want is someone who reasonably tries to get ahead in life. My motto could be "love conquers most things". However, I'm realistic enough to know that poverty is not anyone's cup of tea, but also idealistic enough to believe in the power of real love.