A Young Beautiful Woman Tries to Sell Herself

The following story about a beautiful young woman listing her desire for a rich man on Craigslist may be true or not. And the response may be true or not.

The responder is incorrect in defining her offer as a "pump and dump" scheme because a pump and dump scheme is trying to pump up the value of something that has little value only to dump the product. A beautiful woman has value and will for many years. I have no problem with the woman trying to enter into a private contract with someone. She sees value in her product.

For centuries men have told beautiful women they are valuable. Men fight for a beautiful woman. The Trojan War was over one woman, a faithless Helen. Why do men fight over an unfaithful woman? Men will work themselves into an early grave just providing for a beautiful woman, even one who is unfaithful.

The woman may have value for a few years of productivity, but the man is expected to produce all his working life. When the woman's productive years are over, she expects to be compensated as if she has the same value when she was productive. If she gets a divorce because she is unattractive, she expects the man to keep working to support her.

I once saw an old fat woman driving a big expensive car leaving the mall and smoking a cigarette. I wondered what man was supporting her, and what was her value to him.

I have no problem with men and women entering into voluntary contracts. The problem arises when the State inserts itself into the voluntary contracts and changes the terms of the contract. If the State would only enforce contracts between men and women, men and women would learn what was valuable to them and negotiate accordingly, and there would be less conflict between men and women.

More women are in college than men. When will they start earning huge sums of money and be willing to pay for a young man? I doubt if it will be anytime soon. They college degrees are soft degrees. They are not willing to submit to the necessary grind to earn money. They can just sell themselves to the highest bidder. After they are unattractive they can get divorced and claim community property, child support and alimony. Why bother with the rat race of earning money when they can just spend what men earn?

If in their golden years they do not have much money there is no worry. The government will be their provider. Men who earn more will pay more in Medicare premiums. http://www.ncpssm.org/news/archive/vp_meanstesting/

Women will visit doctors more than men. Women will live longer than men and will use Medicare more. Women will earn smaller Social Security checks, but will collect them five years more than men because women outlive men.

Bilbo Baggins, alone

Woman's bid for rich husband deemed poor offer

By Michelle Nichols Tue Oct 9

2007 Reuters Limited



Deal or no deal? A woman's online bid to find a rich husband in New York earning more than $500,000 a year has caused an Internet stir with a mystery Wall Street banker publicly assessing her hunt for romance as a business deal -- and a bad one at that. The anonymous 25-year-old woman posted an ad on the free online NewYork community Web site Craigslist, http://newyork.craigslist.org/, seeking advice on how to find a wealthy husband in New York where Wall Street bankers can earn bonuses each year of up to $10 million. "I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don't think I'm over reaching at all," wrote the woman, who described herself as "spectacularly beautiful" and "superficial."

"I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that's where I seem to hit a roadblock. $250,000 won't get me to Central Park West," she said, asking questions like "where do rich single men hangout?" Recently an apartment at 15 Central Park West sold for $42.4million -- the highest amount paid for a single unit new condominium in New York.


A mystery banker, who said he fitted the bill, offered the woman an analysis of her predicament -- but described it as "plain and simple a crappy business deal." "Your looks will fade and my money will likely continue into perpetuity ... in fact, it is very likely that my income increases but it is an absolute certainty that you won't be getting any more beautiful!" the banker wrote. "So, in economic terms you are a depreciating asset and I am an earning asset," he said. "Let me explain, you're 25 now and will likely stay pretty hot for the next 5 years, but less so each year. Then the fade begins in earnest. By 35 stick a fork in you!" "It doesn't make good business sense to "buy you" (which is what you're asking) so I'd rather lease," he said.


While the woman has since removed her posting from Craigslist, the ad and the response have become a popular e-mail traffic both within and outside New York where online dating has become common place. Bank JPMorgan Chase & Co said one of its bankers had mistakenly been credited with writing the response. Brian Marchiony, spokesman for JPMorgan Chase, said the banker did not write the response and that his email signature accidentally became attached to the ad and response when he forwarded it to friends and it then wound up on blogs. Craigslist was not immediately available for comment, but a spokeswoman told The New York Times that "it does look as if the post was made sincerely."