Well, who’s using the label “trophy wife”? It’s not usually the guy married to one, I’m guessing.
Oh, is THAT what they’re calling it now?
I thought I had killed this thread.
The typical trophy wife is valued for her hotness. It is perfectly possible for a hot woman to get a PhD, but she isn’t going to be a trophy wife. A trophy life, like a trophy, is not going to be doing real work - maybe fake work - and is going to be displayed.
Men of a certain age who can’t afford trophy wives get convertibles.
Steven Wright: “A friend of mine has a trophy wife, but apparently, it wasn’t first place.”
I always thought it was never about showing off. I thought it was about getting the hottest woman out there, usually reserved for very rich men.
If I was loaded, trust me the last thing I’d be thinking of I want a hot woman to impress my friends. Hot woman** for me **would be the primary motivator.
To me an essential part of the term is that the couple is not together out of mutual love, a trophy wife is not just a couple with a wide gulf in age or money etc. A trophy spouse is only there for the money, and their spouse knows it too. It is basically a business arrangement, not a usual marriage. I don’t think there is anything wrong with that per se, but I think it is the difference the term is pointing out.
I just voted in a zombie poll. :smack:
Trophy Wives are :
[ul]
[li]Younger[/li][li]Hotter[/li][li]Sexier[/li][li]One hellava lot more mercenary.[/li][/ul]
My variant on this: I have a trophy wife, best in show.
That’s just called “liking your young, hot wife.”
I suppose you can make up your own definitions if you like. But the general understanding of the term “trophy wife” is that it implies that the wife is regarded as a status symbol for the husband.
Can’t it be both?
A young trophy wife, in the parlance of our times, you know, may be someone who, uh, uh, owes money all over town, including to known pornographers, and that’s cool… that’s, that’s cool…
We have a catalytic bunch of contributors here for an ISSUE!
Those who are lucky to have these wives don’t label them that way. I don’t even think about her being a showpiece! Let me tell you haters something ( there’s an acknowledged degree of envy or jealousy among those who think older men got their younger wives with money): most white folks who see one of their beautiful girls with a black guy often say she’s into it for his XXL. What a mis-judgement!
Maybe someone should make this their Ph.D study and I can tell you NOW of the shocking, interesting findings to come. Why are most people here speaking of money and wealth? They are not even looking at the culturally significant issues…in different places around the world, a man may marry more than a wife. The 2nd wife will definitely not be the older of the two. An older man may even engage a teenager for later marriage whilst she’s still in school. Where this is the norm and the minimum requirements are fulfilled, basta! The man need not have a private jet.
There have been cases when the older wife died, naturally. Now listen to this: the family of the late Mrs can’t let Mr. Nice Man go away and so offer him a gorgeous trophy! It may not be for his money…he’s charming, makes nice babies, has a warm smile and is adorable. Culturally “schooled”, the younger bride plays her new role perfectly. What’s status got to do with it when a guy from some outback county in America looks down on this tradition in Egypt where civilization began thousands of years ago?
Is it forbidden for a younger, liberated woman to fall in love with an older man who doesn’t keep hair under his armpits, or has learned to cook twice during the week when younger guys seldom stay at home, getting drunk every other Friday night?
A trophy is a reward for an achievement, big time. A great woman by your side is a recognition for life well-managed. When your wife happens to be younger and beautiful, thank God and forget those who couldn’t make the grade.
“It was a shitbox.”
Morris, an 80-year-old millionaire becomes engaged to a beautiful 22-year-old model, Maria Gomez. He goes to his doctor for a check-up a couple of weeks before the wedding date. The doctor looks him over and says, “Morris, you seem completely healthy but I must tell you one thing.” “What’s that?” asks Morris. “At your age, sex can be dangerous, and you need to watch it, take care as it could be really deadly,” the doctor replies. Morris thinks for a minute and then says, “What the hell, if she dies, she dies.”