My friend Jiah Kim took on Best Selling Authors James and Claudia Altucher’s challenge of coming up with 10 ideas on how to improve my blog. If you don’t know what the 10 idea challenge is, it’s basically coming up with 10 ideas on how to improve upon what someone else is already doing. It’s a great way to reach out to influencers and other people whom you may respect in your every day life.

To give you an example of how this works, some of Jiah Kim’s other ideas included:

• How much time do you spend doing something that you love? (track it)

I couldn’t answer this because I love watching TV and I’m pretty sure I shouldn’t tell other people to spend countless hours of their lives in front of their TV screens.

• 10 tricks to make every day meaningful when you hate your job.

When I hated my job raising money for political causes, I wanted to go hang myself and drink myself to a stupor. Probably not good content either. Might actually lead to people committing suicide.

• Where is excitement?

In imaginationland! (Yes, I’ve watched too many episodes of South Park)

• Why losing money doesn’t matter and you should keep losing money yourself and not give control to others.

I really don’t like losing money because it makes me sad and unhappy… I mean it teaches you a lot, but none of the lessons ever make you happy… Plus thinking back on it is pretty depressing…

So, out of those examples, this one seemed like the easiest one to talk about, even though I don’t really have any first hand experience with dating “rich men”. Or any experience with dating men, since I’m a single straight male after all. But then I do have a lot of rich friends, so I guess I could take from their experience. Hopefully they won’t hate me after reading this article!

So here goes:

The 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Have a “Rich Boyfriend”

10. You will never be the #1 in their life.

If you want a rich boyfriend, you have to realize that you will never be the #1 priority in their life. Work will always come above you. Money will be above that. So you’ll have to settle on being #3 at best. Why would you ever want to settle on being #3?

9. They will try to buy your love.

Why would a man display their romantic side when they can just buy their way your heart? They will shower you with gifts, but what will they ever do that will show you that they are even affectionate about you?

8. Who knows what they do on those long business trips?

I mean, what kind of woman can resist a rich man who’s flashing money everywhere in a city outside of their home? I always thought that if I was a girl, I’d wear a bikini and lay on a Lamborghini and wait for the owner to come by. How many women do you think he’ll have competing for his attention to replace you?

7. They are always busy.

If the guy is wealthy, chances are he works more than 80 hours a week. A partner at a law firm works more than that. A banker? They never get time off. A CEO never gets any free time. So when is he ever going to have time for you?

6. He’s not in tune with reality.

When is the last time you think he’s had a real problem, like not being able to get chili cheese fries with his hamburger, or cheese with his hamburger (Unless he’s Jewish, because you know, they don’t mix meat and dairy) because he was a dollar or two short from being able to afford the ultimate meal. How in tune with the realities of life could someone like this be?

5. You will never have a functional family.

How would you like to be married to your nanny? He’s always going to be out on business trips and traveling the world for work. He’s never going to have time for the kids you plan to raise.

4. You will forget all your precious life skills.

Having a butler, chef and maid at home, a driver to take you places and a valet to greet you each morning may end up causing you to lose some of those precious skills of survival you once had. What life skills could you ever have when all your responsibilities are outsourced to other hard working people? What in the world are you going to be doing with all your time?

Well, there’s always the pool boy…

3. You will lose touch with reality.

Most people who end up becoming rich forget where they come from. They become so accustomed to a lifestyle that they forget how it is to be on the other side. What was the bus again? How did it feel to be stranded at home because you spent your last $30 on vodka instead of a tank of gas? What does being hungry even mean?

2. Nothing lasts forever.

Things will be great today, but one day you will be back on the streets alone and single, wishing you were never with him in the first place. Or he will one day make a mistake that wipes out his portfolio. Then when he’s evicted out his home, all his employees turn on him and moving your whole family into subsidized housing with him… You’ll be struggling to get by, wondering what you even saw in him in the first place, aside from his huge bankroll. But now that that’s gone, what’s left?

1. You will have to be a trophy in their life.

The hardest part of having a rich boyfriend is that you will have to put in work to maintain your position as a trophy in their life. You will have to hold off on eating desserts (Cupcakes, pies, cakes, cookies, macarons, CHOCOLATE!) to maintain your weight and figure. You will have to be cheerful around him at all times. When he beckons, you will need to be there. When he’s down or angry, you will need to comfort him and be his personal cheerleader to getting his mind back on track. Also, if you end up falling short in any way and start to lose your shine, beware… You’ll be replaced before you can even think of what happened.

To some people, this may be too much to maintain. For others, they will be up to the challenge. If you are up to that challenge and wanted to know how to attract rich men, I’d keep it pretty simple.

Stick by and encourage a poor or middle class man who has a vision and a dream, partnered with skill and technique until he becomes rich. The road will be rocky, but if his determination is there, you’ll both get there together. Plus he’ll more than likely stay loyal to you for sticking with him through the ups and downs.

Otherwise, to a rich man, you may just be seen as an option, not a life-long companion. I mean, sure it’s possible to have him, but not that likely.
But in all seriousness, if you’re considering anyone for a serious relationship, you should read this post: The Most Important Things to Consider When Choosing a Life Partner