Men leading the gold digger train
had, but when my interest fizzled after about three years and I mentioned separating, as soon as the words left my mouth he was educating me on the laws, using legal jargon to boot, telling me he was entitled to half, and telling me I couldn’t dispose of any of the properties without his permission. I had to pay him a good sum in the divorce, as well as give him one of the properties we had held jointly.
Kevin, 30, micro business owner:
tried to sponsor me it didn’t go through because I had a record. I wouldn’t say that I tried to scam her or anything, but when a woman like that offers to give you things, why would you say no?
Derron, 34, professional gamer:
incredibly good in bed — that’s my sales pitch. A woman will never leave you when you have that kind of leverage where it really matters. That way I have gotten cars, apartments paid for, travel and outfits. I don’t feel any way, because women do it to men all the time.
Shannalee, 32, stockbroker:
He probably didn’t start to date me because of money, but I guess when he saw how easily I had it he got “red eye”.
He always wanted new things and the newer version of things — he wanted Clarks because men on social media were posting that their women bought them shoes, he wanted a new car because I got a company car, and “we could afford it”, and one Christmas I made the grave error of buying him a grooming kit, which he scoffed at and said he only wanted colognes or shoes. He was never grateful for anything, would tell me YOLO when I insisted that I wanted to save and invest, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was when he asked me to put a Playstation on my credit card, and I said no, and he asked what I was working for then, if I couldn’t afford something that would make him happy. I realised that this boy was trying to nyam me out, and wasn’t even being subtle about it.