Money Can Buy You Love

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    awesome77posted 13 years ago

    I know some of my fellow female hubbers might disagree with me, but when you look at the reasons, your primal instincts will agree with me!

    i am here to tell you that money can buy you love because:

    money facilitates love

    nice clothes

    nice shoes

    perfect teeth

    great apartment

    excellent food

    So, while many have the ilussion that money can't buy you love, it sure can give you many, many beautiful choices to chose from!

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      Phoebe Pikeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Ever hear that the clothes don't make the man? It would be greed, not love. It can buy time with someone, not much else.

      1. Queen of Hearts. profile image61
        Queen of Hearts.posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
        Mark Twain

      2. MarcellusShale profile image61
        MarcellusShaleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Ever heard the saying "you never get a second chance to make a first impression"?

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          Phoebe Pikeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          Haven't you ever heard, "First impressions are often wrong"?

          1. MarcellusShale profile image61
            MarcellusShaleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Not too often they arent

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              Phoebe Pikeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

              I can give you countless examples against that, but your personal experience may vary.

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      Edliraposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      None of what your write justifies your saying. Money CAN'T and DOESN'T buy love. Money buys sex and pretty much all the things you mention.

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        awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Ask yourself, you want a guy

        that is well dressed- takes money

        that has good teeth - takes money

        that has good living place - takes money

        That is the problem, many walk around saying money does not matter, but it takes money to make a guy measure up to your standard!

        Call it whatever, all i know is that, without money your chances and choices are limited in love!

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          Edliraposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          For your information you don't choose who you fall in love with. What you are writing about is planning, and that has nth to do with love.
          You could be a millioner, and still be lonely and without love.

          1. MarcellusShale profile image61
            MarcellusShaleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Dont be so naive. love isnt like it is in your justin bieber songs. Its about attraction and compatibility. Its not some mystical happening.

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          Phoebe Pikeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I don't want a guy who's entire person is made up on everything he has/wears. I wanted a friend, someone who cared, someone kind and sweet and I have that in my penniless fiance. I am happy with him, despite the fact he wears plaid pants with a rainbow dyed t-shirt with long johns underneath. I love him despite the crooked tooth and all his "flaws" are important because they make him who he is. I don't care if he doesn't speak well in crowds, it's a part of him that makes him so much more important to me. I have had the opportunity to leave him for a man who had a substantial amount of money. I declined his advances because I love my fiance. If money buys love, well, why do I love Jiffy? Simple, it doesn't and never could.

    3. katiem2 profile image60
      katiem2posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Send me a big check, I'll do the research and report back to you big_smile

    4. speedbird profile image61
      speedbirdposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      No, money cannot buy love, the truth is that money is a very powerful aphrodisiac  for men and to some women.
      wink

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    china manposted 13 years ago

    Yep - money can buy a big house but not a home.

  3. Disturbia profile image60
    Disturbiaposted 13 years ago

    Money does not buy love.  Period.  If you think differently, you're an idiot.  I know this for a fact.  I have lots of experience in this area. I'm more than "comfortable" financially, and I've also been married 5 times.  So I rest my case. While money might be able to buy you time and fun with the man or woman of your dreams, it does not buy their love.

    awesome77, women are not the only ones who might be money gubbing gold diggers.  There are more than enough men out there willing to sell their souls as well as some of their other parts for a Rolex and a Porsche.

    I agree that women are hardwired to seek out security, but that is survival programming deep in our cavewoman brains.  We do after all bear and raise children and therefore finding the best possible provider is most important.  In prehistoric times it might have been the strongest and most powerful hunter... in modern times, it is obviously the man who makes the most money.   But none of that has anything to do with love.

  4. frogdropping profile image75
    frogdroppingposted 13 years ago

    None of what you listed signifies love. Period. They sigified things, objects, stuff.

    None of which create the feeling you're talking of.

    I had the money, had the great house, cars, clothes etc - all of which my ex-husband has retained. That should speak volumes.

  5. paradigmsearch profile image60
    paradigmsearchposted 13 years ago

    Actually, money can buy you love.

    When you have money you can afford to go where there are the kinds of people you wish to meet.

    The best example of this is of course college. The laws of statistics will then take over, and sooner or later you will meet The One.

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      Phoebe Pikeposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      That doesn't create the love, it simply makes it easier to search for one. It isn't the cause of the love.

      1. MarcellusShale profile image61
        MarcellusShaleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        So a truer statement might be. Lack of money makes it harder to find love

    2. starme77 profile image77
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      anyone can go to college - you don't have to have money - the government gives poor people all kinds of grants and loans to go to college - so you dont make any sense

    3. MarcellusShale profile image61
      MarcellusShaleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thats not true. the government isnt going to pay for your food and clothing while your going to school. Also the dont just give anyone whose poor a college grant or a loan. So, you dont make sense.

      1. MarcellusShale profile image61
        MarcellusShaleposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Besides, love is a philosophical idea, taken differently by each person. So no one could win this argument till a specific definition of love for this instance was established.

  6. skyfire profile image74
    skyfireposted 13 years ago

    If you live life as dream then sure love exists, home exists,friendship exists and everything that people want to disagree with OP exists.

    If we get into reality and stretch every one of those relations and concepts then none stands for long. Unfortunately, i live in that reality and i realized that unless you live life as dream something will haunt you and you'll try to justify every action of others and will post threads like 'money can buy you love'. lol

  7. cheaptrick profile image75
    cheaptrickposted 13 years ago

    "Love".Without a doubt the most over used misunderstood word in the language.I'm curious.What is the definition of the word love,and what verifies that we have or are giving it[try answering That in less than a zillion words].Is there validation of love independent of emotion,reason,and material circumstance.
    Happiness!I'd"Love" to have a chance to Prove that money Doesn't buy happiness....just a tittle lol there.

    1. Disturbia profile image60
      Disturbiaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I know there is a definition of love in the dictionary, but the actual feeling of love is a different experience unique to each individual.  We don't all feel or show love in the same way.

      1. cheaptrick profile image75
        cheaptrickposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Did you know that the chemical activity in the brain while feeling love is identical,and releases the same endorphins to the same receptors,as shooting heroin.Brain science is a fascinating area[I am no expert]that I'd like to invite you to peek at.I'm not being contentious here.I believe love to be a high that I ...just...Love!lol

    2. starme77 profile image77
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Love isn't defined really - its just there if you choose for it to be

  8. Bill Manning profile image69
    Bill Manningposted 13 years ago

    Actually love is a very selfish emotion. You love something or someone because you want it, you feel you need it and must have it. Love is about seeking what you think you lack.

    Those who fall in love easy have a higher need for whatever it is they think is love.

    Those with a stable life with a high degree of self-love and satisfaction with their life and themselves tend to not fall in love easy. Because they don't have that big need of whatever it is others want.

    Not very romantic huh,,,,, guess no Valentines kisses for me this year! big_smile

    1. Disturbia profile image60
      Disturbiaposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Nope!

      1. Bill Manning profile image69
        Bill Manningposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Oh well, guess I'll just have to resign myself to more self-love this Valentines!  lol

    2. Pandoras Box profile image60
      Pandoras Boxposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Little white lies, Bill, little white lies.

  9. starme77 profile image77
    starme77posted 13 years ago

    Sorry , but I disagree - love is not what you buy - it's who you are - you can only take one thing out of this world - your love for others and you can only really leave one thing in it - your love for others - money means nothing to me and.. stuff... well... everything will eventually  end up in the dump one day polluting our mother earth - I hold less in the way of love of things that pollute the earth and more in the way of love of others smile cant take that crap with ya

    1. adrienne2 profile image65
      adrienne2posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      @bill manning you say love is a very selfish emotion, but you could look at the opposite why.  Love is an emotion of being self-less because when you love someone you do not think of yourself.   I disagree when you say "love is about seeking what you lack".  Could not you love is about giving to others what you already have - LOVE.

      1. starme77 profile image77
        starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Exactly smile I couldn't of said it better myself smile Nice way of puttin it smile

        1. Bill Manning profile image69
          Bill Manningposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I understand what your saying and I also understand if you disagree with what I said, but I believe love is in fact a selfish emotion.

          You say love is about giving others what you already have. But WHY do you want to give that love to others? To get love back, to feel needed, to feel wanted, to feel like your loved in return.

          Would you give your love to someone you hated? No. Why not? Because you don't want anything they can give you in return.

          I'm not saying love is wrong, it's what makes us want to do what is right, to raise our kids, to stick together. Love is good, I agree.

          I just disagree that love is something you give away for no reason. We all want to feel wanted, to feel loved. So we give our love to those who we think will give love back, to give us what we need. smile

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      awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      "Sorry , but I disagree - love is not what you buy - it's who you are - you can only take one thing out of this world - your love for others and you can only really leave one thing in it - your love for others - money means nothing to me and.. stuff... well... everything will eventually  end up in the dump one day polluting our mother earth - I hold less in the way of love of things that pollute the earth and more in the way of love of others  cant take that crap with ya'

      I completely disagree "starme77" with you! Money while not everything, but it is the foundation of every true happiness and love.

      Yes, money is not everything, but with money everything is possible, including true love!

      1. starme77 profile image77
        starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        O.K if that's how you feel , that's how you feel - no argument there - if you look at the old saying "The Love of Money is the root to all evil"  It's not money it's self - but the Love of it that is the serious problem.  You say money is the foundation of every true happiness and love - well not really - actually its a root - you know - like a tree root and the love of it creates evil shit in the world - for example - money buys a fancy fast car - the person driving that car pulls up alongside a poor persons car - sticks their nose in the air - looks down on the poor man's car - makes the poor man feel like less of a man - over something money buys - that's the love of money being the root of making others feel like they are less of a person cause they don't have as shiney a paint job - that's evil - now the person with the fancy expensive car that pulls alongside the poor man and smiles and hands him a dollar - that - well is just money -  Love is the foundation and root of true happiness not a freaking dollar smile

  10. prettydarkhorse profile image64
    prettydarkhorseposted 13 years ago

    No, I think you are wrong. It depends on what you value more, if it is money then you are superficial, and to a certain extent you can not find true happiness.

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      awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      What exactly is true happiness?

      Are you saying love only bring true happiness?

      Yes, i know females that swear money does not matter, but checkout guys based on what money can buy!

      Love is a creation of habits and money can help enhance the best habits.

      1. prettydarkhorse profile image64
        prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        true happiness pertaining to finding the love of your life as you define it

        you know some female that are like that but not all female are the same,  values are also cultural to some extent

    2. starme77 profile image77
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Exactly smile

  11. Greek One profile image65
    Greek Oneposted 13 years ago

    it can buy you a GREAT time in Vegas with two twins from L.A., let me tell ya!

    1. prettydarkhorse profile image64
      prettydarkhorseposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      LOL

  12. Greek One profile image65
    Greek Oneposted 13 years ago

    ...and I am sick and tired of woman wanting me because I carry a large lump in my pants!

    (a wallet, that is)

    1. frogdropping profile image75
      frogdroppingposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Since when did you get a big fat wedge? Paid MK out yet? Or does he owe you - I forget.

      1. Greek One profile image65
        Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        the wallet itself is big.. made out of real thick cowhide.

        There are no contents per say

  13. Greek One profile image65
    Greek Oneposted 13 years ago

    my wife is hot and I'm not rich...

    I got her with a whole lot of temporary charm and JUST the right amount of well-timed pleading

    1. frogdropping profile image75
      frogdroppingposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      So what's the magic ingredient now? No cash, charm warn off - you're still in beg mode aren't you?

      1. Greek One profile image65
        Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        she married me.. she bought the cow, now she has to deal with the 'utter' disappointment

        1. frogdropping profile image75
          frogdroppingposted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I can't believe you didn't insert udder. You're slippin'

          I'm off to watch a video about balls of light, aliens and a whole world of weird.

          1. Greek One profile image65
            Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            the evening news?

  14. Pandoras Box profile image60
    Pandoras Boxposted 13 years ago

    To the OP, I think you're wrong. I would agree that money gives you some advantages in finding love, but it won't buy you love from anyone other than from people loving your money.

    If that's what you want, go for it.

    1. profile image0
      awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks, for money do give you major advantages because it helps to create advantages that all of a sudden makes you LOVABLE!

  15. SpanStar profile image59
    SpanStarposted 13 years ago

    Things are nice but they are and always be just things.  As nice as a Lexus car is it can't care about you in bed sick.  That $900.00 suit you bough will never send you a get well card.

    When we are young these things are important to us but if we make to old age we have a different prospective on life maybe because time is running out.

    Money will never replace the love you get from someone who really cares about you.

    1. profile image0
      awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yes i agree, things are just things! But with the right things your life can be a heavenly delight!

      I have news for you, true happiness is within you and not how someone loves you!

      1. SpanStar profile image59
        SpanStarposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        No man is an island and one can not always find happiness in themselves but when they spend time with loved one they can lighten their burden when one is unable to do it on their own.

        Heavenly delights are only temporary, how long can someone drive a nice car before they have to get another one to once again feel they happiness they had with the first one?

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          awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

          My point is true happiness resides in you and if you do not feel it, then no one else can help you.

          Your attitude towards life is the key!

          1. SpanStar profile image59
            SpanStarposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Awesome,

               you have a point no question, but as you move further in life you'll come to see others make a difference in our life because there will be times when we can get pass all the problems we encounter and that's when we are thankful for that special someone who can bring a smile to our face, but when we're young and in good health we feel we don't need anyone.

            You are correct in that attitude does play an important part in how we look out at the world.

  16. profile image0
    Lady_Eposted 13 years ago

    Money can buy you love, but for a Limited time. smile

    1. starme77 profile image77
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      maybe it can buy you sex - dinner - movies - but never can it buy love - just artifical shit

      1. profile image0
        awesome77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

        YES, can buy you love!

        Females pretend money does not matter, yet most seek out guys that own what money buys.

        Money will give you multiple beautiful choices than if your ass is broke and a good guy.

        1. starme77 profile image77
          starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

          I wouldn't say most - but many females do seek out guys with money - its kinda like legalized prostitution if ya ask me - not love - but sex for money , stuff and things really  and then they try to rationalize their incessant love of money by pretending to themselves and the guy that they actually do love em

  17. Will Apse profile image91
    Will Apseposted 13 years ago

    anyone can go to college - you don't have to have money

    Try getting into Princeton or Harvard without a trust fund.

    1. starme77 profile image77
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Try getting into OSU or U of O or Idaho State  or any one of many colleges if your poor - wow - seems to be a whole lot more colleges for the poor than there are for the rich - cause the rich  like to hang together in their own little weird corner of the world and in my opinion - they should stay there and compare weird little shit like who has a better i-pod or what ever - better to have the money worhipers all wrapped up in two little places than to spread em out among the real people of the world  smile

  18. Loveslove profile image60
    Lovesloveposted 13 years ago

    Money cannot  buy you love...Money buys you possesions...LOVE is not a possesion but a deep feeling   between two people..it most certainly cannot be baught.

    1. starme77 profile image77
      starme77posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Nice smile I .... Like You smile

      1. Loveslove profile image60
        Lovesloveposted 13 years agoin reply to this

        Well..thank you

  19. starme77 profile image77
    starme77posted 13 years ago

    Yer Welcome smile

  20. profile image57
    asexytextposted 13 years ago

    Money does not make you fall in love. You need to have great communication.

  21. johnnymission profile image59
    johnnymissionposted 13 years ago

    Money does in fact buy happiness, as anyone whose ever bought a puppy, or hired a prostitute can attest.

  22. C.V.Rajan profile image59
    C.V.Rajanposted 13 years ago

    Those who love nice clothes

    those who love nice shoes

    those who love perfect teeth

    those who love great apartment

    those who love excellent food

    and those who love to enjoy all that using the money of someone else and opt to love that person in the bargain, can definitely "sell" love to that person. If that person happens to die, they will continue to love the wealth of that person!

    True. Money can buy love!

  23. vnustham profile image59
    vnusthamposted 13 years ago

    should to said as money can buy pretty and beautiful things may be include lady or man like a things.. not for love.. sometime can use for someone but not at all..
    it can buy beautiful things for start to get more..

  24. katenka_lalo profile image61
    katenka_laloposted 13 years ago

    It's not exactly money then that buys you love; it is the things that money can buy that can buy you love! smile Great post, though!

  25. DIYweddingplanner profile image68
    DIYweddingplannerposted 13 years ago

    Money can't buy you love, but it can provide opportunities.  Say you are interested in an intellectual person as a mate and you never had enough money to go to college or go places where bright people normally are.  Unless you hang out at book stores and local libraries, your chances of meeting someone you're interested in are much smaller.
    It can also make you more attractive which can make you more appealing to the opposite sex.  Once again, there's that opportunity thing.
    So in short, no, but it doesn't hurt.

  26. Extinct Soul profile image60
    Extinct Soulposted 13 years ago

    geez..it was tiring to read all your posts but none of it have told me where can I buy love. so, where can I buy some? cause I got the money but I can't have one....(only my mothers' and its for free)

  27. theseus profile image72
    theseusposted 13 years ago

    @Extinct Soul
    lol..If they tell you where you can buy love, tell me will you?I'd like to purchase one for myself..lol

    @awesome77: Read my hubs.."The Paradox of our Time I and II:. Maybe I can change your perspective on things such as love..smile

  28. Iontach profile image69
    Iontachposted 13 years ago

    Money can't buy you love, it can buy you an imitation of love but that's not love. Maybe somebody will get with a rich person for his/her money and then actually fall in love with the person, but deffo money can't just buy you love.

  29. evvy_09 profile image61
    evvy_09posted 13 years ago

    Money can't buy love.  It does make it easier to create a better image, but that is the only way it can help with love.  Having decent personal hygiene does wonders too, which doesn't cost much money.  I wrote a hub about money and happiness which anyone is free to check out. 
    But money doesn't mean much to me.  I spend it and can always make more.  My husband and I have finally reached a comfortable financial zone but throughout all our lives have always been near broke.  Never made us less happy or love each other less.

  30. gmwilliams profile image82
    gmwilliamsposted 6 years ago

    Money can buy ANYTHING.  Money is MORE IMPORTANT than love.  Money RULES this world.  Money buys things more important than love.   Money also protects from poverty, penury, & homelessness.  Can so-called love do that?!  NO!

  31. Jens Wright profile image61
    Jens Wrightposted 5 years ago
    1. Castlepaloma profile image77
      Castlepalomaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      A 20 years for me would not work.
      Only for putting her on my knee and reading her bedtime stories.

      I feel sorry for the ones who are in love with money. Love is the glue that connects the universe. Love makes two people or thing stronger together than apart. Love concurs and conquer all. Money is imaginary.

 
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