[Answer] Should a Male College Student Date If He Has No Money?

[Answer] Should a Male College Student Date If He Has No Money?

I feel that most of the answers are discussing only the question as stated, but behind the original poster’s description, what I see is that the issue may actually lie in the relationship itself.

Of course, all kinds of problems can arise in a romantic relationship, and money is certainly one of them, but it is by no means the most important. Why are two people together? Is it because they have been struck by Cupid’s arrow, or simply because they feel the need to be in a relationship? What kind of feelings do both people bring into the relationship, and how deep is the bond that connects them?

In a great many cases, material conditions are pushed to a secondary position for quite a long stage of a relationship. And even when there are financial difficulties, if the love between two people is strong enough, they can usually find ways to face them and overcome them.

O. Henry’s classic short story The Gift of the Magi, which depicts a couple in hardship who still love each other deeply and do everything they can to buy gifts for one another, is also a true reflection of the relationship between love and money.

So, setting aside issues such as social responsibility and what each person’s personality is like, if we look at this question alone, the conclusion I come to is probably this: "You should first consider the value of the relationship itself."