Financial Decision: Trophy Wife or MBB Girl?
Greetings fellow monkeys, I'm in a bit of a romantic (and financial) dilemma here.
I've been dating 2 girls simultaneously for the past couple of years and it's time I commit to one of them (Girl 2 almost found out about Girl 1 last weekend).
For some context, I'm in my mid-20s at a PE MF in London, netting around £2.2MM including carry.
Girl 1 is basically a trophy wife. I can sustain her lifestyle, but not without some strain on my economic capabilities. She's about a 9.7/10 (mid-high tier trophy status) and grosses around £340k a year as a professional model. Now this might sound good, but this broad spends about three times what she grosses, with her dad footing the bill (daddy is a PWM hotshot with a ~£17 bil book). If I wanted to marry her, she would make everybody else jealous (very prestigious), but would drain around £660k a year, which is a pretty steep price tag for a mid-high tier trophy wife. However, her personality is also pretty top tier, so it may be worth it.
Girl 2 is less materialistic and works at MBB, she's around a 8.95/10. She makes around £540k and knows how to manage her personal finances and not burn through cash like Slut 1. She's not that hot (still hot enough to fuck though), but has a decent career and is a trad wife (wants multiple kids, pets, etc).
Which girl would you choose?
Prob girl 2.
Must account for what matters the most. Which is least likely to fuck you over?
(Runaway with your kids, have an affair, give you a headache, etc.)
I'd go with girl 2. It seems like girl 1 is would be a more fun time, but girl 2 seems like the better long-term prospect. And honestly an 8.95/10 is still very attractive (unless your ratings scale is very lenient where most people get high ratings). Especially if you are trying to get married and have kids, you should be thinking about which one you would rather raise your kids, and it seems that girl 2 would be the better mother to your children. Would you want kids who rely on daddy's money to fund their lavish lifestyle? Because just like she is doing with her dad, her kids might do to their father (which could be you).
Is girl 2 40 because that is the youngest age an MBB worker can pull that much comp?
Ehh not really. That's the roughly comp for new equity partners - roughly 10-12 years from post undergrad, slightly quicker for top performers. This means you could do it by 31-32. However, no one making that kinda money/ with that level of professional success is dating someone asking for relationship advice on an online forum lol so idk why you're engaging with it as if it's remotely real
Dont worry, I'm just having a laugh.
Not sure what you mean, plenty of Moelis, Barclays and BNP Paribas workers in their mid-20s pull in over £540k.
It's just BottomBucketHardo, fools.
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