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No romance without finance?
All Woman, Relationships
 on October 27, 2015

No romance without finance?

By VANESSA E CHAMBERS 

Money, money, mek the world go ’round. Bruk pocket mek a hot gyal frown.— Tifa: No Romance Without Finance High prices and low wages in today’s economy means that many women, even independent women, have trouble keeping themselves afloat financially. And as such, financial stability becomes a key item on many of their checklists when they’re seeking mates.

But what if he has all the other qualities you want, but is poor as a churchmouse? Would you give him a chance?

Paula 21:

Define poor. Poor as in dirt poor, or poor but surviving? But the definition doesn’t even matter because if the word poor is in his description, the answer is no.

Toni 27:

My kind heart would say yes, but the reality of his pocket would have me saying no.

Andrene 24:

I would date him if he had potential and was ambitious. He might have a good heart and hit a few rough patches in life. We could build a life together. It would be rough but nothing good in life comes easy.

Nordia 38:

No, nope, not happening.

Patrice 41:

Listen, I’m too old to carry any man on my back. Any man that I entertain the idea of being with has to have either made it in life or is on the path of doing so. I can’t look to pick up a struggling man.

Hillary 32:

Some woman will take him up and put him in her house, but I personally am not running a refugee camp or shelter. No room in my inn for a poor man.

Denden 27:

If I was to talk to a poor man, how would that work? I couldn’t go to JPS and tell them that my man is poor so I will be owing them for a few months. That can’t work.

Melissa 29:

I hear stories all the time about men who start from nothing to make something of themselves. Look at Tyler Perry — he was homeless and look at him now. I would give a poor man a chance, but only if he has goals and is self-motivated.

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