Marriage Chances Rise with Your Salary

1. Many people should never get married. (e.g., many celebrities and businesspeople like Elizabeth Taylor and Donald Trump).
2. Many people choose people for the wrong reasons (e.g., race, appearance)

Marriage is not that complicated....people just make it that way....to many #$%$ articles like this one.

marriage is all about love!! why cant u men realize that? women want love not money...

I am a newly wed but I have been with my husband for around 6 years now. We both have jobs, different bank accounts, and slipt everything (such as bills) 50/50. We have been through #$%$ jobs, medical expens., big purchases, car accidents, ect. but we have always made it through the hard times. I honestly can't imagine my life without my husband. I wish people would understand money is not everything, you can't take it with you and it is easy to waste. My husband and I live very comforable but try not to waste our money. We are in our early 20s and have two new paid off cars, nice 401ks, and awesome jobs. He is college educated while I am not, but I actually make a little more then him. We are middle class and I am fine with that because I love my husband.

Women want money,money,money! gold diggers

IMy wife and I are coming up on 40 years of marriage together. I met her when she was 15 and asked her to marry me when she was 20. We had our first child when we had been married 7 years, and were settled in our lives together. I love her more every day. I thank my Lord every day for this life together. We are rich in love and faith.

My wife & I have been married for 34 years, and all I can tell anyone is that it take hard work for BOTH partners. One just can't do it alone. Money? That is just another obstacle that both of you must overcome. Money DOES NOT equal happiness AND happiness does not mean money. If you really love someone then you'll stick with them through the good times and the lean times. The hardest work is overcoming yourselves. NEVER take your partner for granted and support one another at all times (even if you disagree with your partner). Anyways, that's my nickel's worth of advice, take it or leave it.

Already, more women than men are enrolled in college and the difference is getting greater. There are many incentives and societal mechanisms to encourage young girls towards education and in the workplace. Men--not so much. I'm an engineer with a Master's degree and my wife is a lawyer. I got laid off about 8 years ago and have never recovered, career-wise. Now, I'm considered too old. Nearly everyone who was laid off with me was a middle-aged, Caucasion male. Meanwhile, her career continues to skyrocket. Neither of us could have seen this when we first got married and both had promising careers. Bottom line: everyone should make sure to factor in the possibility of big changes down the road before they get married. The traditional roles of man-breadwinner and woman-homemaker are dying like crazy. Don't marry someone for their career. Marry them for their qualities as a person. Couples need to be a team, not two individuals. Much more valuable than their paycheck. If you're planning on their career being your ticket, you might be in for a surprise. Of course, these days you can't plan on your own career, either, so your spouse needs to be aware of that, as well.

It is hard to get motivated to marry when so many have seen so many bad marriages that end in either an uglier divorce or death. It is really worth it to wait and find out if you really like the person first. Passion dies fast, friendship, trust, and respect bind you for life.

LOVE is GRAND. DIVORCE is more like 500 GRAND.

I guess the whole "For rich or for poor" vow goes out the window according to this article.

i'm more inclined to say that more men are marrying for money than women. more than half of today's college grads are women and women are swelling the ranks of law, medical and business school grads. that means for the 1st time, a woman's earning capacity is starting to outrank a man's. with no college education to fall back on and a severe lack of manufacturing/trade jobs what choice do men have ... marry a 'rich' woman and live happily ever after.

Married 34 years...no way are we monetarily rich, but we have a roof over our heads, cars that are dependable,comfortable and PAID for, children grown, married and who graduated college debt-free thanks to their academic scholarships. Everybody working, paying the bills, and happy in our lives...guess we are rich in ways no bank can account for!

Sure, marriage chances rise with your salary. So do the alimony payments....

Not having jobs that can sustain a family in this economy is the biggest obstacle to those who wish to marry.

The article doesn't say that people who are educated stay married... it says they are more likely to marry. I would also like to comment on the fact that I know a ton of high school grads with more baby mommas than they know what to do with and less so with College grads. There may be something to education and planning which equals success and marriage.. which is a financial arrangement that requires planning (not to say that love is not involved).

Marriage is like a deck of cards.
You start out with two hearts and a diamond...
and you end up wishing you had a club and a spade.

Either that or actually find someone that you have something in common with..other than your love of money...superficial a-holes

So this article is saying that I will need to meet a gold digger to increase my chances of getting married? I think I will stay single.

No shiz sherlock. The more money you make, the more likely you are to attract a gold-digging mate. Thanks for reminding us, including broke me, Yahoo.