Who needs love when I can be on a boat snorting coke off of an asian ladyboy hooker's penis?

There's nothing particularly stunning about me in terms of romantic partnership, so having a woman act like she finds me that way would require me to suspend a lot of disbelief. It would seem fake or insincere—I'm not sure if I could genuinely love someone who genuinely loves me, because I consider myself (at this current stage in my life) impossible to be loved, at least romantically. But I also hate money on principle. I don't know.

The latter, and then I can marry an absurdly wealthy woman and enjoy the spoils of both.

The money cause my boys Grant and Benjamin will always be there for me in this situation.

I'd probably kill myself after a while with just the money. Once the fun wears off and everything is accessible, there's nothing. Just emptiness. And then in the other hand I assume by "never enough money" that you'll always be struggling. That type of stress and suffering destroys all kinds of relationships. A lifetime of that? No fucking way.

Fucked up thread, man. Guess I'd go for the money because I'd rather be bored and lonely than the other thing. Out of both of those you suffer a lot less with money. Maybe you could even devote your life to something good and help people.

You don't need money to have a healthy relationship. There are millions of people who barely subside, yet are still madly in love.

In my scenario she's always supporting and is truly there for you no matter what. Really the only way this goes sideways with regards to her is if you do something stupid for money and get her killed. Assuming you survived, it could end up being your Punisher origin story

without referencing haddaway, what does "love" even mean to you in the first place

Me?

Quote from: Verbatim on July 05, 2017, 09:15:39 PM

without referencing haddaway, what does "love" even mean to you in the first place

Me?

sure

From experience: fuck the money, go for love.

Sure, it's just the animal flesh in you telling you to fuck a member of the opposite sex to reproduce, but there's a deep sense of fulfillment and contentment that comes from true romantic attachment that money simply cannot replace.

Worse comes to worse, the two of you could move to some backwater ass corner of the world and subside off the land. Money just be paper, my boys.

probably money. being in love isnt all its cracked up to be.

Idk man, I've always been a "turn your back on the money and go for the good times" kinda guy, but struggling financially is a pretty Nasty thing these days. People are apathetic to your situation and your options are really limited.

Like damn, I don't wanna sell out but I sure would love a slice of that cake

One one hand, I've always dealt with having no money and struggling isn't new to me, plus I'm rather lonely these days.

On the other, I'm sick and don't feel like I'm good enough for anyone quite yet on account of the fact that I haven't gotten my shit together.

This is a catch 22.

Quote from: Aria on July 07, 2017, 11:56:45 AM

Money, then I'd adopt. That would give me the motivation I need.

There isn't a way around it. If you adopt, the kids grow up indifferent to you.

goalpost moving

The decision was money or falling in love. I'll take never falling in love since there are other kinds like familial love. It's still not perfect, but it's better than knowing you will always struggle.

Money, at least than I can still help my family financially and go on crazy adventures and do good things

Love hurts anyway

Quote from: Aria on July 07, 2017, 01:04:18 PM

Quote from: MyNameIsCharlie on July 07, 2017, 01:02:45 PM

Quote from: Aria on July 07, 2017, 11:56:45 AM

Money, then I'd adopt. That would give me the motivation I need.

There isn't a way around it. If you adopt, the kids grow up indifferent to you.

goalpost moving

The decision was money or falling in love. I'll take never falling in love since there are other kinds like familial love. It's still not perfect, but it's better than knowing you will always struggle.

You don't just fall in romantic love. I have two adopted boys. Believe me, you don't show up with a heart filled with love. You show up with unrealistic expectations and false hopes for what the future holds. When your expectations lay shattered at your feet is when you start building love. Then come the little moments where you actually fall in love and give the little guys all you can and some.

So the goal post wasn't moved.

Got it, set my expectations extremely low and I'll never have to "fall in love" with adopted children.

Btw, what kind of love is allowed then? Will I also stop loving my siblings and family my favorite music and food, etc? Because at that point, I'd choose money just to construct that roller coaster that painlessly kills its riders.

Hmm