A Trophy Wife? You May Be SOL
Posted by: Susannah Breslin
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relationships, news
8:00AM, Thursday December 11th 2008
You thought you had it all figured out. Marry a rich guy, you’ll never have to work, and you can spend the rest of your life shopping. Unfortunately, the global recession has thrown a wrench into your well-crafted plans. Now that sugar daddy bank accounts are shrinking, trophy wives are discovering they may be s*** out of luck when it comes to living the good life. In the UK, a trophy wife named “Katie” finds out she’s going to have to cut back on her mani-pedis and seaweed wraps—not to mention having her black AmEx snipped in half. “You loser!” she screams at her husband. “You’ve destroyed my life!” Trophy wives are becoming “Toxic Wives,” as their love for their significant others dwindles in tandem with their hubbies’ bank balances. Divorce rates are rising, and “for richer, for poorer” no longer applies. One wealthy husband turned to his wife in the middle of the night and asked her if she’d love him if he lost everything. Her reply? “F—- no!” As it turns out, most toxic trophy wives aren’t leaving their husbands to join the work force. They’re looking for new rich men to replace the newly poor ones. [Telegraph]
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Wendy Atterberry
wrote on December 11 2008 @ 08:24 am: [report]
The better hurry; trophies lose their luster as they age.
Claire Zulkey
wrote on December 11 2008 @ 09:00 am: [report]
Aaww, poor trophy wives. Without them though, what are we going to watch on Bravo? Just “Regular Wives of Orange County”? I don’t think so!
Annika Harris
wrote on December 11 2008 @ 10:08 am: [report]
@Claire Zulkey I thought the same thing.
Lynn
wrote on December 11 2008 @ 10:57 am: [report]
I feel so bad for these guys. I want to say “they got what’s coming to them” because they had to know what they were getting into with these ladies, but I would hate to wake up, midlife, and start re-prioritizing everything only to come to the harsh realization that the person I’d been sharing my life with didn’t really love me.
Arty
wrote on December 11 2008 @ 11:19 am: [report]
I wonder how the economic crisis is affecting the pickins’ on sites like seekingarrangement.
Rusty
wrote on December 11 2008 @ 01:25 pm: [report]
I guess this would be a bad post for an engaged investment banker to read.
jadeycakes
wrote on December 12 2008 @ 11:26 am: [report]
@ Claire, haha…that would be such a boring show.
@ Lynn, I couldn’t agree more. I feel bad for them too, but they had to know [at least at some point] that it was bound to happen.
suzybabies
wrote on December 12 2008 @ 01:24 pm: [report]
trophy wives eh. enjoy the wealth but the old wrinkly balls are going to suck, enjoy your manicures, and #&@$% sex.
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DancerNinja
wrote on December 12 2008 @ 08:13 pm: [report]
This economy sucks because I was hoping to get a trophy/house husband eventually….