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Pamela's Question: Merging Romance with Money and Revenge

from Tough Love · #3

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3 min

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Responding to a tweet from Pamela about balancing romance with her goals of revenge and money, Tim advises dating only people wealthier than yourself and argues sleeping your way up is a legitimate strategy.

In this bit8 moments
  • 35:43Merge romance, revenge, and money into one goal rather than treating them as separate pursuits.
  • 35:59Tim's rule: relationships should be with people who are financially secure and have significantly more money than you.
  • 36:21If you can use sex to advance yourself financially, do it—it's a weapon like any other.
  • 36:56The path to fulfillment is dating or fucking someone with money, which requires identifying and eliminating your red flags.
  • 37:22Transcending your social class through hard work is rare, but possible.
  • 37:43Most people confuse having a lot of money with being rich; having money means wanting a water slide, which disqualifies you.
  • 37:57Being rich is about wanting money for purpose and power, not just accumulation.
  • 38:26Staying rich requires a specific lifestyle and continuous effort, not a single windfall followed by a return to potato chips.

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