By Maxmacro

Dirty Sexy MoneyOn a recent episode of ABC’s Dirty Sexy

Money one of the Characters “Karin” marries a golf pro Decides she wants a divorce just minutes after

they marryIn the pre-nup it stated her husband only gets

three million and she gets the rest.

More than Television DramaDue to increased wealth in today’s society more

and more people are getting married for money instead of love

Most of these partnerships are ending in divorcesCheckbook Breakups

Most of the attention is coming from celebritiesExamples:

Kevin Federline turned millionaire after divorcing Britney And Heather Mills, Paul McCartney’s second wife.

Price-Tag Partnerships on the riseIn a personal ad on Craigslist a Twenty something New

Yorker who described herself as beautiful, said that she was looking for someone who made at least 500,000 dollars a year.She claimed that dating men who made only 250,000 a

year was not working out.Prince & Associates, a Connecticut-based wealth-

research firm conducted a survey that showed that most men and women who demand to marry for money want a price of at least 1.5 millionThe survey polled 1,134 people nationwide

Incomes were between 30,000 to 60,000 a year The survey asked:

"How willing are you to marry an average-looking person that you liked, if they had money?"

Money before LoveThe results of the survey showed 2/3 of woman and

½ of men would marry for moneyAge was a major factor: Woman in their 30’s were the

most likely at 74% while men in their 20’s were least likely at 21%

Pamela Smock, a Sociologist at the University of Michigan was shocked by the results:

She stated that this goes against love and soul mates, as well as our main reason to marry

She conducted her own survey, which showed that money does encourage people to marry or if the man is financially stable

Its not Just WomenThe survey conducted by Prince & Associates

showed that 61% of men who are in their 40’s would marry for money.

Ms. Smock commented that as men get older they seem to be ok with women bringing in more money

The Price of LoveThe matrimonial price tag varies by gender

and ageWomen:

20s: 2.5 Million 30s: 1.1 Million

Women in their 30s felt more obliged to get married so they lowered their price tag

40s: 2.2 Million Women in their 40s are more comfortable being

independent so they will hold out for more cash

The Price of LoveThe matrimonial price tag of men is less than

womanMen:

20s: 1 million 40s: 1.4 million

According to Douglas Freeman, tax and estates attorney who works with wealthy families stated the reason the males number is lower is because they would feel threatened by a woman who makes several million dollars.

The price is lowWith the new landscape of wealth today the

price for both men and women seems to be relatively low1 or 2 million may sound like a lot but it will

not transform your life much

Unhappy EndingsWhen these marriages turn out to be

disappointing the couple always can divorceOut of the women in their 20s who said they

would marry for money, 71% of them said that they expect to be divorced

Out of the men in their 40s, only 27% of them see themselves getting a divorce.