tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post1365301312925273272..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: The business of big money marriagesJohn Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-85206547421987408152011-02-14T09:49:40.284-05:002011-02-14T09:49:40.284-05:00Julie --
I suspect that most rich men who get marr...Julie --<br />I suspect that most rich men who get married to substantially younger trophy wives get prenups. <br /><br />Regarding Princess Di, my recollection of that situation was that she had wanted to marry him every since she was a young girl, before she ever met him, meaning that what she really wanted was to be a princess, regardless of who her prince was. And he married fairly late, but as the presumptive future King of England needed to produce some heirs, so married someone of the right age to produce those heirs. <br /><br />And no question, Princess Di's "beauty" was primarily a function of artifice and position; just goes to show how besotted people are with royalty.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-78302024651260373662011-02-14T09:39:48.429-05:002011-02-14T09:39:48.429-05:00I still don't understand why these otherwise s...I still don't understand why these otherwise smart and powerful men do this, when they know that there are overwhelming odds that they will be taken to the bank eventually...not to mention the high maintenance along the way. <br /><br />When Price Charles announced his engagement to Lady Di, I wondered why more people didn't question the generation gap. Yes, there was the Camilla factor, but the age difference would have undoubtedly done them in eventually anyway. And do you think Billy Joel's latest wife really liked the same music he did?? <br /><br />Jumping to your other blog -- I too never "got" Lady Di as a true beauty. Attractive yes, but without her "crown," definitely not beautiful. Very overrated. JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-55389609624269768042011-02-14T04:36:46.660-05:002011-02-14T04:36:46.660-05:00Julie --
In all honesty, I think most men probably...Julie --<br />In all honesty, I think most men probably scoff at them at a certain level, knowing that they've only gotten these younger women because of their money, but they also envy them. Look at it this way: the guys who get these trophy wives are the ones who can afford them. If more guys had the kind of money it took to do this, more guys would do it.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-67869713122339939552011-02-13T23:26:41.482-05:002011-02-13T23:26:41.482-05:00John, Do other men envy older men who date and m...John, Do other men envy older men who date and marry much younger women, or do they mock them? We all know it's about the money for the women (and for the men, I suppose, the sex with a a "trophy"_wife), and that these things almost never last. To me it seems rather embarrassing. Why are these men not embarrassed? What is my female brain missing here? JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com