Ask Amy: Online meeting might lead to a trap
Should I accept his offer? It would be great to finally pay off my debts.
However, my friends and family will no doubt label me a gold digger.
Plus, I'm not quite ready for marriage and children.
Is this offer too good to be true?
– Wondering
Dear Wondering: You might call this offer too good to be true.
I’d call it: Too risky to contemplate.
Where to begin? First of all, if you offer your baby-making capabilities in exchange for living expenses, you would never retire your debt – you’d only exchange it for a different currency. (You would also be participating in a relationship that sounds a lot like the “traditional marriage” of my parents’ generation, but that’s another conversation.)
You are 30. Evidently, a college graduate.
Have you never seen even one true-crime program, or listened to a podcast?
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