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NEED TO KNOW
- In a submission to Slate’s “Dear Prudence” advice column, an individual explained that their friend and his girlfriend plan to have her marry a “rich” man to pay off her student loans
- The advice seeker hasn’t criticized their friend’s “truly terrible” scheme out of fear of ending their long-term friendship
- Prudence advised the writer to “ditch” their friend if he doesn’t back out of his “disgusting” plan
A couple is planning on conning a rich man into marriage in order to pay off student debt.
In an anonymous submission to Slate’s advice column “Dear Prudence,” someone revealed that their friend is conspiring with his girlfriend to find a “rich” man for her to marry and then divorce after their victim has paid off all of her student debt. Now, the individual is asking how they can put a stop to their friend’s “truly terrible” scheme without jeopardizing their friendship.
“I feel like soon I will explode and share my opinion on this in a nasty way. What should I do?” the advice seeker wrote. “I don’t want to throw away a close friendship of many, many years, but I do not want to know the details of this arrangement or meet the poor soul they are tricking.”
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The plan is already in action, with the man’s girlfriend “currently dating multiple people.” So far, the pair have been successful in their deceit, as they have “two prospects who are very interested in marriage.” The duo also intend on still seeing each other regardless of whom they choose to target after the woman has tied the knot.
“I think it is despicable to trick someone into marrying you and cheat on them,” the swindler’s friend said.
The couple is “not looking for advice” on the situation, but the woman’s boyfriend still wants to open up to his friend “about this plan and “how it is affecting him a lot.”
“I do not want to talk about this,” the man’s friend said. “I don’t think the plan will work, and if it does work, I am not sure I want to continue being friends with this person. But he is still my friend, and I feel I should listen to his woes and try to support him because clearly something is wrong with his judgment right now.”
In response, Prudence (authored in this case by Nicole Cliffe) advised the anonymous writer to make better friends and to “ditch” the one they have.
“He’s a bad person now. I’m very sorry. You can try to have a talk with him where you do ‘explode and share [your] opinion on this in a nasty way.’ That’s fine. He might even listen. If he doesn’t, he knows why you are not friends anymore,” Prudence wrote, adding, “These people are disgusting.”
