Selling Beauty, Buying Husband

A young extra-ordinarily beautiful Swedish woman decided to advertise offering herself as wife for a rich husband. 

She posted an anonymous ad on Craigslist saying that she was interested in marrying a wealthy man with an annual income of over $500,000, plus several conditions.

One man answered her advertisement that buried her in her blush! 

The man was a wealthy businessman just as she wanted. But his view of the whole situation was not what she had expected. 

The man wrote:

''My dear beautiful lady,

I read your post with interest, and I think many beautiful girls have questions similar to yours. Allow me to analyze your questions as a professional investor. My total annual income is over $500,000, which perfectly matches your requirements.

From my perspective as a businessman, it would be a bad decision to marry you. Here's my short answer, and let me explain why:

"Regardless of the details, what you're doing now is a pure transaction. An exchange of your "beauty" for "my money."

Person A has the beauty, and Person B will pay money for that beauty. A perfectly fair and straightforward transaction. However, there's a fatal problem here: your beauty will inevitably diminish over the years, while my money isn't expected to diminish without a strong reason. The truth is, my income will likely increase from year to year, while you won't be any more beautiful in a few years.

So, from an economic perspective, I represent an "asset" whose value increases over time, while you represent a "consumer" asset whose value decreases. If your beauty is all you own, things will get worse because you won't be a normal consumer product, but rather a product with a very high depreciation rate that will completely expire within 10 years.''

Thanks for reading.