$30K Millionaires

You went to how many bars, on how many different nights, dressed how many different ways? And you could only muster 2 guys hitting on you? One of them so drunk you excused yourself before he could finish his sentence? I wanna meet YOU! lol

I enjoyed the article, it seem to lack something. Maybe humor? Or relavence? Does anyone care that these guys are ruining their credit/lives for fun and fake? As another reader said, show us the other side of the coin. I am interested in seeing exactly what makes these girls tick. Maybe there is an upside for them? They let these guys take them home, sweat on them and then over the next few weeks or months they manage to convince said loser to max out his credit card buying them the hip new technology gadgets all the while putting their exit plan in sync with the "sorry Mr $30ker, your credit card has been maxed out" phone call? Of course, there is one last step in this process, the ebay listings to sell the stuff she just rooked off the wanna be for cash to pay her rent? Of course, all of that is just a guess. But what is fact, the girls are in it for something. They aren't doing this so they can brag to their friends they caught a $30ker. Or do they? And you only thought guys were the real douchebags. Just wait til you learn how your sex carries on. After all, without the girls, the pompous ass $30ker would not exist.

However, I DID gain some information from your article. I am not the uppity trendy type. I don't qualify to be a $30Ker because my money is real, I own my car, truck, 4 wheeler and my house and even more important, I don't have credit card debt.

Just when I thought dating had reached a pinnacle of impossibility, I learn that I am just doing everything wrong. I need to be fake. I guess real and single is better than fake and temporary.

Enjoyed the $30,000 Millionaire article. It was a brave thing to go hunting in those jungles. What Adrea didn't know is that she was pursuing the second generation of the species. I ran across the two would be movie guys at Blue Goose a couple of years ago when their movie hunt was in its early stages. After hearing what they were doing I informed them that these guys have been around for a long time - their last outbreak was about 20 plus years ago. I used to call them "Greenville Avenue Millionaires" whose wealth lasted as long as their credit cards would clear, but at least the prior generation showed greater diversity in their choice of cars. Instead of software - or something else just as nebulous - they always were in "oil" or sometimes "real estate". The two would be movie producers didn't appear to be very happy to find out their target was a long known Dallas fixture - it's a bitch not to be the first to notice a species. In fact the current group are probably the sons of the prior incarnation. Which doesn't speak highly of the Dallas female population that they could find females to breed with them. So maybe the final fact is that they exist becuase there is a never ending number of women that are opened to being hunted by them - till they capture the hunter. Sounds like the subject of another good Observer article.

It is true that the reason the 30K millionaire is in existence is because of the equally cheesy women who buy into the act. On a rare occasion when I frequent the uptown area, my friends and I just laugh and wonder if these guys know anyone named "Mystery." Equally amusing are the women who eat up all the cheesiness and are impressed by the designer jeans, fake tan, and sweet gold necklace or bracelet. Seriously, most people I know who make money buy (invest) in apple, chipotle, ISRG, and leave the OBEY shirts and cool belt buckles to the guys who want to act like they have money.

A group of girls at my office have been following the $30K millionaire story for a couple of years now (also love "Look at my Striped Shirt"). We hope the movie deal gets picked up because it's hilariously true stuff.
Here's the catch-22: There are plenty of single guys at the office, but in the effort to avoid office relationships, we try to meet people around town. Good luck!! Dallas has a terrible singles scene, on both sides. The girls I've seen are no better than the douchebags in the article. However, I thank them for keeping the douchebags (mostly) distracted. (Have you ever run the "gauntlet" to the ladies' room?) Where are the laid-back hangouts for late-20's career people? It seems like the choices are: ultra lounge, meat market or SMU college hangout. We usually end up going to a nice restaurant to unwind after a long week, but you don't really meet anyone that way.

With an impending recession and the availability of high-yearly-salary positions going down, I wonder how is the whole 30k economy is going to hold out. Will be harder for all to buy $300 bottle service... Cars... clothes... How are all these clubs going to survive…

Maybe people will actually get (deep breath) personalities and live their lives the way our grandparents and parent did… A little bit more conscious and a little big less shallow.

Don’t get me wrong… I like a good soiree or a tryst as much as the next person… But this is not exactly a healthy way to start and maintain relationships…

My two cents…Long time reader... long time reformed 30k guy... long time since I surpassed the economics of the 30k…