{"id":243,"date":"2007-10-05T12:34:30","date_gmt":"2007-10-05T17:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fabricegrinda.com\/?p=243"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:55:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:55:25","slug":"great-craigslist-post-and-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/great-craigslist-post-and-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Craigslist Post and Reply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funnily enough several of my friends thought I had posted the reply you will read below \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>What am I doing wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay, I&rsquo;m tired of beating around the bush. I&rsquo;m a beautiful<br \/>\n(spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I&rsquo;m articulate and classy.<br \/>\nI&rsquo;m not from New York. I&rsquo;m looking to get married to a guy who makes at<br \/>\nleast half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind<br \/>\nthat a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don&rsquo;t think<br \/>\nI&rsquo;m overreaching at all.<\/p>\n<p>Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could<br \/>\nyou send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around<br \/>\n200 &#8211; 250. But that&rsquo;s where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won&rsquo;t get<br \/>\nme to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married<br \/>\nto an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she&rsquo;s not as pretty as<br \/>\nI am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I<br \/>\nget to her level?<\/p>\n<p>Here are my questions specifically:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars,<br \/>\nrestaurants, gyms<\/p>\n<p>-What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won&rsquo;t hurt my<br \/>\nfeelings<\/p>\n<p>-Is there an age range I should be targeting (I&rsquo;m 25)?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east<br \/>\nside so plain? I&rsquo;ve seen really &lsquo;plain jane&rsquo; boring types who have<br \/>\nnothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I&rsquo;ve seen drop dead<br \/>\ngorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What&rsquo;s the story<br \/>\nthere?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows &#8211; lawyer, investment<br \/>\nbanker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they<br \/>\nhang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for<br \/>\nMARRIAGE ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Please hold your insults &#8211; I&rsquo;m putting myself out there in an honest<br \/>\nway. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I&rsquo;m being up front<br \/>\nabout it. I wouldn&rsquo;t be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn&rsquo;t<br \/>\nable to match them &#8211; in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a<br \/>\nnice home and hearth.<\/p>\n<p>PostingID: 432279810<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ANSWER:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Pers-431649184:<\/p>\n<p>I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully<br \/>\nabout your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament.<br \/>\nFirstly, I&rsquo;m not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your<br \/>\nbill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here&rsquo;s how I<br \/>\nsee it.<\/p>\n<p>Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a<br \/>\ncr@ppy business deal. Here&rsquo;s why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you<br \/>\nsuggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring<br \/>\nmy money. Fine, simple. But here&rsquo;s the rub, your looks will fade and my<br \/>\nmoney will likely continue into perpetuity&#8230;in fact, it is very likely<br \/>\nthat my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won&rsquo;t<br \/>\nbe getting any more beautiful!<\/p>\n<p>So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning<br \/>\nasset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation<br \/>\naccelerates! Let me explain, you&rsquo;re 25 now and will likely stay pretty<br \/>\nhot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in<br \/>\nearnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!<\/p>\n<p>So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy<br \/>\nand hold&#8230;hence the rub&#8230;marriage. It doesn&rsquo;t make good business sense<br \/>\nto \u00ab\u00a0buy you\u00a0\u00bb (which is what you&rsquo;re asking) so I&rsquo;d rather lease. In case<br \/>\nyou think I&rsquo;m being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were<br \/>\nto go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It&rsquo;s<br \/>\nas simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So,<br \/>\nI wonder why a girl as \u00ab\u00a0articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful\u00a0\u00bb<br \/>\nas you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to<br \/>\nbelieve that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K<br \/>\nhasn&rsquo;t found you, if not only for a tryout.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then<br \/>\nwe wouldn&rsquo;t need to have this difficult conversation.<\/p>\n<p>With all that said, I must say you&rsquo;re going about it the right way.<br \/>\nClassic \u00ab\u00a0pump and dump.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of<br \/>\nlease, let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funnily enough several of my friends thought I had posted the reply you will read below \ud83d\ude42 What am I doing wrong? Okay, I&#8217;m tired of beating around the bush. &hellip; <a href=\"\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u00ab\u00a0\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-displays-of-creativity"],"acf":[],"contentUpdated":"Great Craigslist Post and Reply. Categories - Displays of Creativity. Date-Posted - 2007-10-05T12:34:30 . Funnily enough several of my friends thought I had posted the reply you will read below \ud83d\ude42\n What am I doing wrong?\n Okay, I&rsquo;m tired of beating around the bush. I&rsquo;m a beautiful\n (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I&rsquo;m articulate and classy.\n I&rsquo;m not from New York. I&rsquo;m looking to get married to a guy who makes at\n least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind\n that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don&rsquo;t think\n I&rsquo;m overreaching at all.\n Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could\n you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around\n 200 &#8211; 250. But that&rsquo;s where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won&rsquo;t get\n me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married\n to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she&rsquo;s not as pretty as\n I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I\n get to her level?\n Here are my questions specifically:\n &#8211; Where do you single rich men hang out? Give me specifics- bars,\n restaurants, gyms\n -What are you looking for in a mate? Be honest guys, you won&rsquo;t hurt my\n feelings\n -Is there an age range I should be targeting (I&rsquo;m 25)?\n &#8211; Why are some of the women living lavish lifestyles on the upper east\n side so plain? I&rsquo;ve seen really &lsquo;plain jane&rsquo; boring types who have\n nothing to offer married to incredibly wealthy guys. I&rsquo;ve seen drop dead\n gorgeous girls in singles bars in the east village. What&rsquo;s the story\n there?\n &#8211; Jobs I should look out for? Everyone knows &#8211; lawyer, investment\n banker, doctor. How much do those guys really make? And where do they\n hang out? Where do the hedge fund guys hang out?\n &#8211; How you decide marriage vs. just a girlfriend? I am looking for\n MARRIAGE ONLY\n Please hold your insults &#8211; I&rsquo;m putting myself out there in an honest\n way. Most beautiful women are superficial; at least I&rsquo;m being up front\n about it. I wouldn&rsquo;t be searching for these kind of guys if I wasn&rsquo;t\n able to match them &#8211; in looks, culture, sophistication, and keeping a\n nice home and hearth.\n PostingID: 432279810\n THE ANSWER:\n Dear Pers-431649184:\n I read your posting with great interest and have thought meaningfully\n about your dilemma. I offer the following analysis of your predicament.\n Firstly, I&rsquo;m not wasting your time, I qualify as a guy who fits your\n bill; that is I make more than $500K per year. That said here&rsquo;s how I\n see it.\n Your offer, from the prospective of a guy like me, is plain and simple a\n cr@ppy business deal. Here&rsquo;s why. Cutting through all the B.S., what you\n suggest is a simple trade: you bring your looks to the party and I bring\n my money. Fine, simple. But here&rsquo;s the rub, your looks will fade and my\n money will likely continue into perpetuity&#8230;in fact, it is very likely\n that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won&rsquo;t\n be getting any more beautiful!\n So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning\n asset. Not only are you a depreciating asset, your depreciation\n accelerates! Let me explain, you&rsquo;re 25 now and will likely stay pretty\n hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in\n earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!\n So in Wall Street terms, we would call you a trading position, not a buy\n and hold&#8230;hence the rub&#8230;marriage. It doesn&rsquo;t make good business sense\n to \u00ab\u00a0buy you\u00a0\u00bb (which is what you&rsquo;re asking) so I&rsquo;d rather lease. In case\n you think I&rsquo;m being cruel, I would say the following. If my money were\n to go away, so would you, so when your beauty fades I need an out. It&rsquo;s\n as simple as that. So a deal that makes sense is dating, not marriage.\n Separately, I was taught early in my career about efficient markets. So,\n I wonder why a girl as \u00ab\u00a0articulate, classy and spectacularly beautiful\u00a0\u00bb\n as you has been unable to find your sugar daddy. I find it hard to\n believe that if you are as gorgeous as you say you are that the $500K\n hasn&rsquo;t found you, if not only for a tryout.\n By the way, you could always find a way to make your own money and then\n we wouldn&rsquo;t need to have this difficult conversation.\n With all that said, I must say you&rsquo;re going about it the right way.\n Classic \u00ab\u00a0pump and dump.\u00a0\u00bb\n I hope this is helpful, and if you want to enter into some sort of\n lease, let me know.\n ","Category":["Displays of Creativity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17414,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/17414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grinda.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}