{"id":2753,"date":"2025-10-05T14:58:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobboydpoems.com\/sacrificing-love-for-money\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:58:50","slug":"sacrificing-love-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/sacrificing-love-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacrificing True Love for Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She didn\u2019t have true love on her mind.<br>\nMoney was more important to her,<br>\na practical woman.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t care for gold diggers, but I think<br>\nI can understand her and commiserate. <\/p>\n<p>I cannot blame her for seeking  financial security<br>\nand nearly everything that money can buy.<\/p>\n<p>I can understand her desires for the best food,<br>\nthe best clothes, the best home and more.<\/p>\n<p>Her life becomes sort of a Disneyland where<br>\npractically all her dreams and wishes come true.<\/p>\n<p>What works for her, would never work for me;<br>\nI\u2019ve no desire for that kind of life.<\/p>\n<p>The glam, the luxuries, the riches mean<br>\nnothing to me.<\/p>\n<p>But I can understand how they can make life<br>\nmore fulfilling, and I can see how nice it would be<br>\nto never have to worry about money and be able<br>\nto buy nearly anything you want.<\/p>\n<p>And given true love doesn\u2019t always last, maybe<br>\nher practical plan is wiser than just seeking<br>\nillusive, true love.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Boyd   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She didn\u2019t have true love on her mind. Money was more important to her, a practical woman. I don&#8217;t care for gold diggers, but I think I can understand her and commiserate. I cannot blame her for seeking financial security and nearly everything that money can buy. I can understand her desires for the best&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/sacrificing-love-for-money\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobwriting.com\/poems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}