{"id":873,"date":"2020-06-15T15:25:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/makeyourrelationshipwork\/?p=873"},"modified":"2020-06-15T15:25:37","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T15:25:37","slug":"what-to-do-if-youre-dating-a-money-hungry-gold-digger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/makeyourrelationshipwork\/2020\/06\/what-to-do-if-youre-dating-a-money-hungry-gold-digger.html","title":{"rendered":"What To Do if You\u2019re Dating a Money Hungry Gold-Digger."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some men feel that all women are gold-diggers.\u00a0 Ladies, don\u2019t get mad, but to some extent this is true.\u00a0 And biology is to blame.\u00a0 A woman is hard-wired to seek a mate that can provide for her while she raises a family.\u00a0 And while the changing sensibilities of modern society have allowed many women to \u201chave it all\u201d (career, family, loads of stress\u2026basically everything but a good night\u2019s sleep) there are still plenty of ladies who harbor the now somewhat unpopular desire to stay home with the buns they spent nine months baking in the oven.<\/p>\n

Silly maternal instincts!\u00a0 However, these women should not necessarily be labeled as the malicious, money-hungry harpies that are implied by the term \u201cgold-digger\u201d.\u00a0 True gold-diggers have no aspirations in the arena of marriage or motherhood unless they are as tools to secure eventual alimony and child support (children as accessories\u2026ouch).\u00a0 They will gladly hire nannies so that they can carry on their busy schedules of shopping, lunching with friends, and contributing your money to charitable organizations (when they aren\u2019t pursuing their acting, singing, or other \u201cartistic\u201d pursuits).\u00a0 If you happen to find yourself dating such a succubus, or worse, engaged to one, there are a few things you can do to get rid of her (or at least protect your assets).<\/p>\n

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  1. Run for the hills!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>That\u2019s right, pull a straight up Houdini-style disappearing act.\u00a0 Dump her, cut off communication, heck, change your phone number (or your name) if necessary.\u00a0 Just get out as soon as possible.\u00a0 And if you\u2019re one of those guys who thinks the girls at strip club genuinely like you, this course of action is extra important.<\/li>\n
  2. Cut her off.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>If you\u2019ve been giving her lots of expensive gifts (tennis bracelets and nights out on the town) and taking trips to exotic islands hither and yon, let the well run dry and see how long she sticks around.\u00a0 Five bucks says you\u2019ll see her hair pins fly off her head as she zips away on her broom.<\/li>\n
  3. Give away all your money.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Okay, this might not be the best course of action for you, personally, so maybe just let her think you donated it all to charity or that you\u2019ve been forced to file for bankruptcy.\u00a0 Who knows, maybe she\u2019ll buck up and pay the rent (likely with your credit card, just before she uses it to buy a brand-new getaway car).<\/li>\n
  4. Find another girl.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Nothing kills a relationship faster than divided attention.\u00a0 Just make sure girlfriend number two isn\u2019t also a gold-digger or you could end up with a Thunderdome situation on your hands as they duke it out for your fortune.\u00a0 Actually, that would be kind of cool.\u00a0 More likely they would put their heads together and come up with a better way to bilk you.<\/li>\n
  5. Get a pre-nup<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 If you somehow decide that this money-grubbing tramp is actually the girl of your dreams (where do you think trophy wives come from?), then you\u2019ll either have to get a better job in order to give her everything her heart desires (since everything that\u2019s yours will be hers, and then some) or else prepare an iron-clad pre-nuptial agreement.\u00a0 If she refuses to sign, all the better.\u00a0 You can keep her on as a mistress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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