Don't fall for this deadly honey trap

The Daily Telegraph ^ | March 2, 2007 | Tara Winter Wilson

[MadIvan]

I am very glad that I met the right lady, and that I no longer live in London, which apparently is the place where these "people" live.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Ping!

[xp38]

Glad for you Ivan. I well remember your close call from earlier times.

[dennisw]

To reduce to basic terms -- How much sex did the husband get from his toxic wife before she sued for divorce and got the house free and clear and a few million dollars?

IOW the whore got paid but for what and how much?

[MadIvan]

It does slightly remind me of a conversation that George Bernard Shaw once had with a young lady. He asked her, "Would you sleep with me for a million pounds?" She thought for a moment and said, "Yes."

He then said, "Would you sleep with me for a pound, then?" She said, "Certainly not, what do you think I am?"

He said, "We already know what you are, we're merely bargaining now."

Regards, Ivan

[Miss Marple]

The old-fashioned name for these women was "goldiggers." They have been around a long time. The only difference between now and the 1890's is that divorce is now easier to obtain and more socially acceptable, making it easier for the woman to avoid being "a bird in a gilded cage."

She's only a bird in a gilded cage,
A beautiful sight to see.
You may think that she's happy
And free from care.
She's not, though she's meant to be.
It's sad when you think of her wasted life,
For Youth cannot mate with Age.
But her beauth was sold, for an old man's gold;
She's a bird in a gilded cage.

[LonePalm]

I think the real trick is to marry your second wife, first.

Unfortunately it is easier said than done.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Sherman Logan]

Statistically speaking, second marriages end in divorce considerably more often than first marriages.

[LonePalm]

You missed the joke.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Dick Vomer]

where are the men with that sense of humor and master of vocabulary......

even the politicians were "blessed with the sense of the ironic"...Churchill etc....

[nmh]

Ah, maybe males should be using the head on their shoulders ... and not get sucked in .... If there are no takers for these toxic females then - no problem.

[nmh]

When't the BIG day?

Hope you post pictures.

You're too smart for a toxic female ... but it good to warn other guys to THINK about what they're doing.

[nmh]

#5 that's a classic.

When males make overatures like this they also need to face the fact that they ARE getting what they want if they pursue it ... .

[nmh]

#5 that's a classic.

When males make overatures like this they also need to face the fact that they ARE getting what they want if they pursue it ... .

[nmh]

I've read because they typically "marry" the SAME "problem" AGAIN. They seem to do this because they are "comfortable" with the person (problem). They like to think the firs marriage was the entire fault of the OTHER one - they refuse to take responsibility and improve themselves.

[Sherman Logan]

Not for the first time.

[LibKill]

There but for luck of the draw go I.

Thanks, Ivan. I wish I'd had that list tatooed on my butt when I was 18.

[SMARTY]

Right! And then there are the rest of us girls...who DON'T throw ourselves at men, who don't dress like cocktail waitresses, who don't buy into the latest 'must have' cars, clothes and gadgets, who are reasonable in our expenses and possessing of enough self respect (or whatever you want to call it) to believe that a man should make the first move. Going around with a hungry gaze and grotesquely sensuous appearance every day of your life is getting by on the advantages of your person... a tactic which is a dead giveaway for an unscrupulous and grasping person, (male or female) Hmmm ... being modest and self possessed is not too alluring to most men.... guess we are not on their radar... just invisible because the flash and flare of the latest Dallas Cowgirls types get all the attention... then these guys complain...

[Delta 21]

They are everywhere.

Harlots on the loose, BUMP.

[Dont Mention the War]

"She made my life a misery. It pains me that this able-bodied, 40-year-old woman will be handsomely rewarded for the rest of her life - all at my expense. I feel as though I'm the victim of legally sanctioned burglary.''

Then why give in? If I found myself in such a situation, I'd do everything in my power to see to it that she got nothing.