can money buy you love?

I read about an online dating site this week where men pay to buy a date with a gal.  It’s like ebay for love????  However they’re not wanting to be identified with prostitution?????? Good luck with that…

“Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn’t have it and thought of other things if you did.” James Baldwin

I found the post on Gawker New Dating Site Is Indistinguishable From Prostitution & so here’s the lowdown:

The kindest thing you could say about the new dating site Whatsyourprice.com is that it is the perfect place for the world’s laziest dudes and most cynical women to hook up. The least kind thing you could say is that it is mass-scale prostitution. Are you ready to buy and sell “first dates?”
“WhatsYourPrice.com is like eBay for dating,” the site’s founder, Brandon Wade, says in a press release. “When you see a hot single you want to date, just make an offer and buy the first date.” (Wade is also the genius behind sugar daddy dating service SeekingArrangement.com)
The site, which is free to join (though not to use!), is populated by two classes of people, euphemistically termed “the generous” and “the attractive.” As an “attractive” member, you make a profile with all the normal dating stuff, while also indicating the amount of money someone would have to pay you to go on a date with them. As a “generous” member, you troll the site and make offers to the attractive to buy a “first date.”When the offer is made, “our offer negotiating system will allow you to accept an offer, reject an offer, or counter with a different price,” according to Whatsyourprice.com. Then you go on the date. The site offers helpful first date etiquette tips, including “pay 50% of the date at the start of the date, and 50% at the end,” and “if someone asks you to send money by Western Union, report them immediately.”

“I’m tired of love; I’m still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.” Hilaire Belloc

Obviously, the first question about Whastyourprice.com is “How is this not prostitution or escorting?” Luckily that’s the exactly the first question addressed in an FAQ sent to us by a spokesman:
This is all about paying for the FIRST DATE! There is absolutely no sex involved, and except perhaps the chance of sex at some point in the future if you are able to successfully charm and seduce. But isn’t that what every first date is about?

“Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.” Victoria Billings

As the Beatle’s so famously sang when I was a teenager ‘Money Can’t Buy Me Love’ & even though many people try it I am still not convinced that it can actually provide love.  I guess we will see if the site survives & if there is a market for Love.

Check out this funny video with Ed Byrne, another hilarious Irish comedian.  Enjoy….

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