Would you marry for money or marry for love? . If you say you are marrying for money, society immediately labels you shallow and a gold digger, but if you say you will just marry for love alone, are you being naive?

With this assignment, I decided to ask 5 college aged individuals how big of a role money would play into their future marriage. 

  The first woman I interviewed was 18 and had been just walking out of my economics class. I asked her the question, “how important is a man’s salary in preparation for marriage?”. She responded, “Pretty important to know you have a strong foundation when it comes to your future life with them.” She began to state more that as much as she wants to love a person and be with them just because of that, that money is important to be able to start a family and not need to worry about the upcoming events in life.

I interviewed another woman next on my floor by asking her the same question. She responded, “Really Freakin Important”. She had felt similar to how the first girl I interviewed. I next interviewed a few more people, all women, and they all had such similar answers about money is important for life to be settled with the man or women you love. 

I next decided to interview a man and asked him the same question. He responded with, “ I would not propose to a girl if I did not have the money to support her and my future family.” He began to talk more about how if you are going to devote your life to someone you are gonna need to make sure you can make a life for them that they want and that you promised them. 

I was expecting to have different answers from the girls and the boys but I was awfully surprised with how similar their answers were. Everybody had felt the same way when it came to being able to support your family and your future husband and wife. So a general consensus at University of Delaware is that everyone thinks money is an important part of relationships.