Money Can’t Buy You Love, But On The Other Hand It Can Buy You A Really Nice Scandal
From Tom Tomorrow and into my quote file…
How difficult is it not to hire four thousand dollar prostitutes?
I know a lot of people who manage to make it through their daily lives without even hiring a two thousand dollar prostitute.
(Raises hand…)
Four thousand dollars. Four thousand dollars. Four thousand dollars. Man…you’re telling me people who make the kind of money that can routinely buy a four thousand dollar fuck can’t find themselves a lover?
Once in my life…once…I laid down with someone I wasn’t actually in love with. I was in my twenties and at one of my first Pride Day fairs, and let myself get picked up by a somewhat cute-ish looking guy who turned out to be a complete airhead. But I was lonely and I wanted to get picked up so I let him do it and it taught me a lesson because when we got back to his place nothing happened. It took me years to figure out why because he was actually physically my type, but see my birthday post to a certain someone below because the answer’s there. Sex with someone you are deeply, madly in love with just blows away everything else, and I was spoiled very early in life to it and I’ve wanted nothing less ever since.
For four-thousand dollars I suppose she’s pretty goddamned hot but you know what…she doesn’t love you. And…you don’t love her. And there you are, with this big fat spectacular super-sized bank account that can get you her and you’re settling for second best. Second. Best. At any price, it’s still second best and you’re an idiot. A big fat rich idiot. You could buy attention with that money. You could travel the world. You could find The One. You have the means to make the feast of life happen for you. And there you are, still scarfing down fast food. And getting fat and lazy. And ignorant. Jackass.
And doubly so if you’re married and still buying it on the side. Idiot.
If I had that kind of money I would travel the world until I found him. But I don’t. I have just enough to live a pretty comfortable middle class life. I suppose that could get me a three, if not a four figure lay from time to time if I really wanted it. But I don’t. I don’t see the sense of that and haven’t ever since I looked into a certain someone’s eyes back in 1971 and after that day money could never buy what I need and I would give up everything I have now and wash dishes for the rest of my life to have my soulmate.
March 12th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Things really are cheaper in America.
That prostitute scandal broke here a few days ago – the same ring has been operating in London. Only here they charge £2500 ($5000)
March 12th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Damn declining dollar. But…hey… the state of Nevada has legal brothels, so maybe one legacy of the holier-then-thou Bush administration is that the U.S. becomes a sex tourism destination Like a third world country, but with more factory outlet shopping malls.
Well it’s good to know that rich Americans aren’t necessarily any dumber then the rich elsewhere. Geeze…it’s amazing that anyone pays that kind of money. Not, mind you, that people pay good money for sex, but that people so rich do that.
March 12th, 2008 at 7:07 am
Why would money make it any easier to find a soulmate? You think he’s waiting for you somewhere in rural Thailand?
Mind you, having enough money to go out, dress well, do fun stuff, yes, that’s important. But enough money to hire a four figure prostitute… I don’t think that helps much?
March 12th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Why would money make it any easier to find a soulmate? You think he’s waiting for you somewhere in rural Thailand?
Maybe. If he is, I’m unlikely to find him. The point is, having tons of money not only gives you the ability to present yourself attractively, but also cast your net further.
With regard to attractiveness, I’m not talking about dazzling someone with riches but, in part, dressing really well and looking really nice. Not merely going to the gym every week but hiring a professional fitness consultant. First rate medical care when you need it. Having a personal cook who makes good-for-you food all the time. They live like that in the stratosphere. So it should be easier to live healthy when you have that kind of money, which translates into a more attractive you. But money can make it possible to improve more then just your body. It ought to give you the kind of self improvement opportunities few others have.
You can actually travel the world, gain experience with different people and their lands, and improve your ability to relate to others. Although, granted, the average European probably already has more opportunities for that and actually takes them then the average American. We are a disappointingly insular people over here generally. But with lots of money you can explore anywhere and anything you’re curious about, fund stuff that interest you, start new companies here and there, support exploration and research, and expand your mind. Which should also translate into a more attractive you. It should also expand your circle of acquaintance.
And that’s the critical piece I think. Money allows you to just cast your net out across a wider playing field to find that certain someone; not only gathering in More people, but more Diverse people.
Thing is, these guys have so many more options the rest of us simply don’t and there they are buying hookers. You know, I don’t really have a moral issue with prostitution, provided nobody is forced or coerced into it. But it makes more sense to me that people with few means to find a steady lover reach for it then someone with so much going for them does. These guys should all have love lives that the rest of us could only dream about and they’re spending How Much…to have sex? With someone who couldn’t care less about the person they are, so much as that they can pay nicely for it? It’s just…weird… And…sad.
Maybe…in order to get that kind of money so many of them just sold their souls and now the good lover won’t have anything to do with them. But it shouldn’t be that way.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:56 am
No, it shouldn’t be that way, but somehow it is. I think too much money can be bad for you, in some almost spiritual way.
I take your point re: the opportunities and self-improvement and such. It’s true, and perhaps money CAN help buy you love, but only if you take the right decisions. It seems that’s very hard to a lot of people.