Beauty or the Beast?

A friend sent me this via email and I found it rather 

interesting! It's amazing how some people can be so 

obsessed with money and can do whatsoever to obtain it!

Even to the extend of depreciating their own values. 

I liked how the CEO responded, 

Read on.. 

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A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
 
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
 
 
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm
very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k
annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary
of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is
not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual
salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask:
What should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated,
the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper
limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the
west of New York City Garden ( ? ) , $250k annual income is not enough.
 
I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
 
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and
addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
 
2) Which age group should I target?
 
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've met a few
girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to
marry rich guys
 
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your
girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
 
 
Ms. Pretty
 
 
 
Awesome reply:
 
Dear Ms. Pretty,
 
 
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls
out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse
your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than
$500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm
not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a
bad decision to marry you.. The answer is very simple, so let me explain.
 
Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of 'beauty'
and 'money':
Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.
However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money
will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might
increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year..
Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you
are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but
exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be
much worried 10 years later.
 
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating
with you is also a 'trading position'. If the trade value dropped we will
sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with
the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order
to make a wiser decision any asset! s with great depreciation value will be
sold or
'leased'. Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only
date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking
for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself
to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance
than finding a rich fool.
 
Hope this reply helps.. If you are interested in 'leasing' services, do
contact me...
 
signed,
CEO

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