WALKING down the aisle, I knew deep in my heart I wasn’t marrying for love, but for money. I cared for Andrew*, but it was his wealth I was passionate about, and the lifestyle it gave me, not him. 2 I married a pot-bellied, balding man for his money, not love - when he curbed my spending, I knew it was over Credit: GETTY 2 The Perfect Couple features a toxic family's battle for inheritance Credit: Netflix Seven years on from that day, I’m a forty one year old divorcee, having learned the painful way that a truly happy relationship can never be built on another person’s bank balance.
Watching The Perfect Couple on Netflix this month, and the toxicity that is brewed when money is the motivating factor in a marriage, I felt relief to no longer be mired in a dynamic like that. I grew up the only child of a single mother, and although we weren’t ‘poor’, Mum worked incredibly hard as a secretary just so we could get by. I suppose that’s where my craving to be well off came from.
When you grow up without money, it’s easy to believe it’s the key to a happier life. In 2015, when I was thirty-two, I met Andrew*. READ MORE REAL LIFE STORIES ONE IN A MILLION I went from being £35k in debt to earning a million in one hour JUST A NUMBER I’m nearly 70 and I have a J-Lo body, I look younger than I did in my 40s I was working as an EA at a bank and he was a client of my boss.
Ten years older than me, balding and with a bit of a belly, I wasn’t physically attracted to hi.
