Match-making the wealthy
It was once taken for granted that if a woman was not wealthy herself, she should try to find a man of means 鈥� hence any number of fairy-tales involving Princes. And let鈥檚 face it, not only is Mr Darcy a thoroughly decent man in Jane Austen鈥檚 鈥楶ride and Prejudice鈥�, he also happens to own the rather impressive Pemberley. But today you are likely to get labelled a gold-digger, if you are candid about casting an eye over the estate of an eligible man. The papers have been full of stories about 鈥渢oxic wives鈥� leaving their hedge-funded husbands now they鈥檝e lost fortunes in the credit crunch. Is it a myth, or an uncomfortable truth that women鈥檚 currency is still often youth and beauty, and men鈥檚 is money? Judy Liu, musician and model听and Trudy Hill, psychologist and life coach at 鈥淪eventy-Thirty鈥� 鈥撎齛 matchmaking and headhunting company join Jenni to discuss the issues. |
