This is an interesting situation of a 25 year old girl (presumably beautiful) seeking to get married to a man whose annual income exceeds US$500K…..Amuse yourself to see how tactfully the CEO of J.P. Morgan replied her

>    A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
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>   Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

>   I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here.
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>   I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k
>   annual salary or above. You might say that I’m
>   greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York.
>   My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who
>   has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married?
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>   I wanted to ask: What should I do to marry rich persons like you?
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>   Among those I’ve dated, the richest is
>   $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my
>   upper limit.  If someone is going to move into high cost residential area
>   on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough.
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>   I’m here humbly to ask a few questions:
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>   1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the
>   names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
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>   2) Which age group should I target?
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>   3) Why most wives of the riches are only average-looking?
>   I’ve met a few girls who don’t have looks and are not interesting,
>   but they are able to marry rich guys.
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>   4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your
>   girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
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>   Ms. Pretty
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>   An awesome reply from CEO of J.P. Morgan:
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>   Dear Ms. Pretty,
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>   I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there
>   who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyze
>   your situation as a professional investor. My annual
>   income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope
>   everyone believes that I’m not wasting time here. From the standpoint
>   of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you.
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>   The answer is very simple, so let me explain.
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>   Put the details aside, what you ‘ re trying
>   to do is an exchange of “beauty” and “money” :
>   Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.
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>   However, there’s a deadly problem here,
>   your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone
>   without any good
>   reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you
>   can ‘ t be  prettier year
>   after year.  Hence from the viewpoint of
>   economics,  I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It ‘ s
>   not just normal depreciation, but
>   exponential depreciation. If that is your only
>   asset, your value will be
>   much worse 10 years later.
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>   By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a
>   position, dating with you is also a “trading position”.
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>   If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good
>   idea to keep it
>   for long term – same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be
>   cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision
>   any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or “leased”.
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>   Anyone with over $500k annual
>   income is not a fool; we would only date you, but
>   will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any
>   clues to marry a rich guy.
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>   And by the way, you could make
>   yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual
>   income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

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>   Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in “leasing” services, do contact me.

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>   Signed,

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>   J.P.
>   Morgan CEO