Beauty is a depreciating asset...

... not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation!

awesome post from:
http://monstrousappetite.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/beauty-is-a-depreciation-asset/


A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:
Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?
I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here. I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I’m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married?

I wanted to ask:
what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I’ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York CityGarden(?), $250k annual income is not enough.

I’m here humbly to ask a few questions:
1.Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2.Which age group should I target?
3.Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I’ve met a few girls who doesn’t have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys.
4.How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? My target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty


Awesome reply:

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours.

Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I’m not wasting time here.

From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you’re trying to do is an exchange of “beauty” and “money”: Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.

However, there’s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can’t be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It’s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later. By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a “trading position”. If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term – same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or “leased”.

Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in “leasing” services, do contact me…

signed,
J.P. Morgan

i oso want holidays!

it's school holidays... the little ones went on holidays... see what they've got for me:
so 窩心 they remembered me when holiday'ing... i'm starting to get 'adult' gift as the little ones 'get bigger'...
- e ETUDE HOUSE facial masks remind me that i still have lots of facial masks ==> must pamper my face more often... i can't even recall when was the last time i treated my face with a mask!
- yiting bought me a yellow star from Germany last round (below, 2008), now a pair of blue star (above) from New Zealand [will find a chance to put on n take pic] :)

AH...... i oso want to go on holidays!
short one will do... to cure myself of this dreadful lethargy... so tired... badly need a break!

THANKS!

02DEC10 THU - 1st dose:
03DEC10 FRI - 2nd dose:
08DEC10 WED - coughing again... :(
10DEC10 FRI - 3rd dose:
11DEC10 SAT - 4th dose:

thank you so much for the herbal stew to revive my sweet voice... i'm much much better now... hahaha...... guess can ktv again pretty soon (guess mama is getting bored having to listen repeatedly to my 家後, i've promised her that i will sing and record more hokkien songs for her)

this is GOOD n yummy:

DRAINED!

guess i’d never really been drained!

for the first time besides feeling mentally drained, i’m physically drained. not sure if this is the effect of the medicine, my throat, um… to be more precise, from mouth to throat, is SO DRY!

plus the monthly mens...

now i guess i know what is drained!