When a gently born spinster has little money, her choices are few. She might receive an offer of marriage, but it's unlikely to be from a wealthy man, so she'll have a hard life trying to make ends meet for her growing family.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry.
No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.
I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it.
The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.
The key to success for any woman who wants to have a really serious career and a family is to marry a guy who is going to take at least half the responsibility for the house and kids - and sometimes more than half.
In the end, the women can be very rebellious, and very capable and all of that, but if she depends on a man economically, she has few possibilities.
When you are born rich, you have all these options. You can pursue a career path that you find interesting; there's no need or pressure to start working to get funds just for survival, which is something a lot of people have to struggle with.
Remember, it's as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.
Never marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper.