Money and Relationships - Keep it Real

I am so glad to be standing here before you to profess to you that I am not one of the vast majority of men and women who feel that in order to have a relationship with someone it also needs to be supplimented with monetary, and material items...I simply cannot be purchased or better yet put on layaway, etc... (Seriously all that glitters really isn't gold...It could just be some gold flaky paint with a bunch of glitter and chips off of rocks to look like stones) ;-)

Why can't I have a simple understanding with someone about this without having to explain this very concept every single time the topic of purchasing goods for me, or sending me money comes up? Just because I say I need something, doesn't necessarily mean that I expect anyone to get it for me, I am a pretty self-sufficient person, all that I am I created from Myself, by Myself, without the use of someone else's wallet...Unlike most people today, I don't use people, exploit them, etc...Fulfillment for me really comes from self...and it's not the tangible, it's the intangible that moves me...

Today in order to be in a relationship, (and I'm just saying this because 89% of the people that I have talked to truly feel that in order to be happy they have to have other people's money to do so) it seems to be based on salaries, the size of the house and the unlimited number of cars...

What happened to say...Love? And since we're talking about Love, when did it come with conditions? Why is it that someone will say, "Hey I would love you more if you buy me that ring...or fly me to Paris, or..." and the other person is literally wrought-up with fear of losing the other person because they simply can't provide all that they are being demanded of...by way of the wallet...

What happened to deep, heart-felt emotions, where it didn't matter whether you lived in a box with this person, because somehow you knew that you would find a way through....that deep, constant...craving...desire for one another...that actually didn't come with a price tag, Rolex box, or frilly buttons, bows and fur to prove your love for them...

Sure there are still couples out there who truly give from their hearts and they are equally rewarded, but for the most part Love seems to be based on something...self-serving...nonetheless... it's always...something....

Do you know I actually had a guy tell me that I was the fool for not jumping at the offers being extended simply because he thought money was my motivator...When I once again explained my view on the matter, he had the utter audacity to get mad...I said you know WE (those with morals, conscious, and values) do STILL EXIST! We're just regarded as all those other folks with their hands out wanting SOMETHING...

Really for me BE ABOUT SOMETHING, then we could talk...close your wallet though cause I have my own.... (stepping down from my podium now)