Cupids Dating Blog

In case I'm not being clear, I'm trying to emphasize that there are plenty of rich and sexy people online who would be willing to float their dates a few bucks in a crunch. Please don't take what I'm saying to mean that if you date someone affluent that they should be willing to pay your way all the time. I'm not a gold-digger and neither should you be.

So how did I end up telling a wretched-looking rich gal that she could kiss me in the dark? It started off with a minor family emergency. I basically had to lend a thousand bucks to a family member. I will not be seeing that money back any time soon. However, I'm not exactly leading a rich single life here, so going way over my budget basically meant I had to spend a week or so living off my credit card. That, by the way, is clearly the answer to any financial crisis (whereas this is clearly sarcasm).

Enter Abigail. She's a 50-something heiress who looks like she's a 70-something. She learned of my predicament and then offered to take care of all my problems… in exchange for some tonsil hockey. She actually wanted to go a lot further, but I held my resolve and kept her at kissing. Letting her kiss me in the dark made me realize just how little control over my finances and self-esteem I really had.

Now that I'm back in the black, I vow to never let myself drop that far down ever again. If you do need to borrow or even just take money from someone, be they rich or not, make sure there aren't any strings attached. The reason I'm mentioning this as this week's blog is because some wealthy people tend to lord their money over their dates, while those needing the money often withhold sex. While dating someone of a different economic class, be sure to find someone who just wants you for you and isn't treating your relationship as a business transaction.