I wouldn't want to choose between money and love because they are equally important. In every relationship, money is essential for practical reasons, and love is needed for emotional reasons.
Let me buttress the above statement with the following instances.
Imagine a situation where there is love and no money in a relationship coupled with economic downtime in some countries, where you have to worry about taking care of yourself let alone satisfying your own partner. Without money, no amount of love and affection you have for your partner will show or can be proven. I have been there.
There was a time I had exhausting financial challenges. My partner would always complain that I do not love her and I ask her why, she'll say I stopped telling at her I love you, I stopped being romantic, I stopped buying her gifts, I stopped giving her money, though I'd always tell her I didn't stop anything, my mind is just so occupied with thoughts of getting out of my financial challenges and I'm not always happy.
Even for the fact that I love her wholeheartedly, and she's irreplaceable, I still find it so hard to prove my love for her, even if I want to prove it, I lack the resources and will to do that.
But on the other hand, the reason for her to stay in the relationship is out of true love, even if she wasn't getting enough, she still believed things are going to be alright and our relationship will be back to the sweet way it started. So many times I felt insecure, and worried about her finding comfort elsewhere, she'll always tell me it would never happen, that she accepted me out of love and the love will never fade. That has always kept me going and today things has changed for good and the sweet romance started again.
Another instance is a case of a very wealthy neighbor I have which should be in his 50's with more than three wives. I have known him to be a very busy man, but it surprised me to see a young lady who is well acquainted with the Man's history, dying to get married to him which she eventually did, not minding the fact that the man would barely have her time, all she was Interested in was the comfort and luxury she'll benefit from the marriage. They've been married for 3 to 4 years now and she's been able to acquire lots of assets from the man. Despite the fact that she has all the riches she craved, she has always complained of not having a romantic relationship.
Love and Money are two very important things in a relationship. If one is absent, the relationship won't last no matter what. If love is absent and the relationship continues for long, be sure that one of the parties is crying inside, and on the other hand, if money is absent, happiness will be far from both parties, and even the affection for each other will seem not to be present.
This is my response to hiveghana weekly engagement Wk35.
