Richer or thinner?

BerryH
BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
edited September 28 in Chit-Chat
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor is famous for saying: "A woman can't be too rich or too thin." Though good MFPers would at least disagree with the second, how would you feel if given the option of JUST ENOUGH of one or the other?

If you woke up tomorrow would you prefer to suddenly be:
a) At your goal weight
or
b) Comfortably well off. All your debts are gone, you'd still have to work but not at a job you hate.
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  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    Definitely b. Having enough money that I could do exactly what I wanted with my time would be more satisfying to me.
  • PinUpMommy
    PinUpMommy Posts: 94
    B. Mostly because if I had more than enough money, I could continue to work on my goal weight.
  • Hanna82
    Hanna82 Posts: 138 Member
    RICHER!!!!!!!!! FO SHO
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    If money were the key to being slim, there would be no fat rich people.
  • Newmammaluv
    Newmammaluv Posts: 379 Member
    Goal weight only because option b entails that I still have to work. lol
  • kapeluza
    kapeluza Posts: 3,434 Member
    Honestly, A lol
  • Behavior_Modification
    Behavior_Modification Posts: 24,482 Member
    I am well on my way to B. But honestly even if not, I'd still choose A.
  • Heather75
    Heather75 Posts: 3,386 Member
    b
  • GrampsWooha
    GrampsWooha Posts: 184
    show me the money!
  • crazymama2two
    crazymama2two Posts: 867
    id take being a fat rich ***** any day of the week :)
  • emeraldpearl
    emeraldpearl Posts: 60 Member
    Goal weight? what is that!!?? SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • crazymama2two
    crazymama2two Posts: 867
    that was supposed to read fat rich b*tch :)
  • Shannon023
    Shannon023 Posts: 14,529 Member
    B

    And I'd be loving my job as a wine taster. :bigsmile:
  • BamBam1113
    BamBam1113 Posts: 542 Member
    I would love to work at a job I didn't hate. I always thought that if I won the lottery, I'd still have to work, but it would be at my discretion and a job I enjoyed going to.
  • NicolCook
    NicolCook Posts: 489 Member
    I am close enough to goal, so show me the money!!
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    And I'd be loving my job as a wine taster. :bigsmile:
    I like your thinking :laugh:
  • hroush
    hroush Posts: 2,073 Member
    I already have B, so can I get A as well :bigsmile:
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I would love to work at a job I didn't hate. I always thought that if I won the lottery, I'd still have to work, but it would be at my discretion and a job I enjoyed going to.

    Same here. I don't hate my job now. It pays well, the benefits are great, I love my boss and the people I work with. But would I rather be doing something that's more meaningful to me personally? Absolutely. And that's more important to me than whether or not the scale says exactly what I want it to say every morning. Besides, I'm like you, even if I won the lottery, I'd have to do SOMETHING productive with my time, even if it was charitable work that didn't pay a dime.
  • reese66
    reese66 Posts: 2,920 Member
    B.

    Money can't buy you love but I would love to not be working at a job I hate...
  • MichelleB69
    MichelleB69 Posts: 213 Member
    I'd go with A, but only if it meant I had my dream body and fitness level. Goal weight really means nothing to me anymore...it's more about how my body looks, feels and performs.
  • ojell
    ojell Posts: 748 Member
    Is it bad that I would choose A?

    Hell, if I'm as sexy as I wanna be...The green will come...LOL You know I'm just joking right?

    Seriously though...I want my body back. Then I could focus more on the money part. I'd have the confidence to excel. ;)
  • ojell
    ojell Posts: 748 Member
    I'd go with A, but only if it meant I had my dream body and fitness level. Goal weight really means nothing to me anymore...it's more about how my body looks, feels and performs.

    This is my thinking also.
  • missbp
    missbp Posts: 601 Member
    b) Definitely.

    I am willing to do the work to get to my goal weight. But, having enough money to do more for and with my kids would be a dream come true. In fact, nothing would make me happier. Not even dropping another 23 lbs.

    Michelle
  • ojell
    ojell Posts: 748 Member
    Ok...uhmmm....the more I sit here and think about it...the more I start leaning more towards the money.
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    Well off. In the end all Wallis had was her skinny *kitten* and a weird husband who had to constantly beg money from his baby brother.

    I want money, then I'll hired bigger but shorter people to stand around me and make me look thinner and taller.
  • pandaeye
    pandaeye Posts: 126
    Think I would go for A, would love to be more confident about the way I look and am already in a job I love. As they say money doesn't buy happiness but as my husband says it would help get you there! I would prefer to be happy within body, mind and heart/love and then worry about the money thing lol! But maybe that's just me, always been a dreamer :laugh:
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I'll take the money. I'm more sick and tired of being poor than I am of being fat. The sooner I can get these stupid credit cards paid off the better.
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
    Richer...fo sho!!!!
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,259 Member
    Since I am at my goal weight, I'll take richer!!!
  • Sugar_Apple
    Sugar_Apple Posts: 951 Member
    (B) without that added stress I'm sure the pounds will melt away...so I'd end up with both :blushing:
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