Playing the gold-digging game can be an incredibly sneaky long-con. Gold digging isn't simply using a partner for their money so you can get nice jewelry and expensive dinners. Some people are willing to do whatever it takes to get that meal card for the rest of their lives, even if it means blowing up someone else's life to get it. Florence Pugh said it best in the Little Women movie…marriage is an economic proposition.
Sometimes it takes years to realize that somebody is mainly in a relationship for the financial benefits. One woman took to Reddit to figure out why her boyfriend is insistent on putting his name on the title of her late mother's house. This dude has been with her for 5 years and didn't propose until the house came into the picture. Anyone with eyeballs can see that he's only acting out of his own financial self-interest.
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