Dear Mariella I am 66 and live a comfortable life: I just want a woman who is honest and clean

[malaise]

This is a hoot - particularly the response

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http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/22/i-want-a-woman-to-live-on-my-farm-mariella-frostrup
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The dilemma I am 66 years old and have never been married. I have had a bunch of girlfriends, lovers, etc, but when it came to marriage, I have never found that one who would fit the bill. I am not very demanding, I just want someone who is honest and clean, someone who is not a whore, who can hold up her face in public. I am not rich, but I live a very comfortable life. My family and I own a 600-acre citrus farm in Central America. My family consists of my 89-year-old mother, my sister and my brother. It is I who developed that farm and I would love to go and live there – with the right woman!

Mariella replies That’s quite a crowd! I’m sure your family are a lovely bunch, but have you ever considered the possibility that sharing an isolated farm with them isn’t the most compelling of propositions? I’m answering you seriously, although I suspect many of my readers may think your letter is simply a hoax. The climate for wife-seeking has changed considerably. But perhaps social change has been slow to filter through to you.
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The scenario you paint is not enhanced by the presence, in your proffered love nest, of not one but two septuagenarian siblings who have yet to leave home. It’s not a love nest for two you’re presenting on a plate, but a rural retirement home. Only aspiring masochists would volunteer themselves willingly for such a fate, yet I don’t see a predilection for self-harm featuring on your shopping list for Mrs Right.

Could that be why you’ve developed an aversion to “whores”, as you so pleasantly refer to the ladies you don’t consider marriage material? The money would certainly make this package more appealing. If you give the matter serious thought you might end up where I’ve arrived – a mental full stop, where I’m wondering if even hard currency would encourage a woman to take you up on your generously meant but ill-considered offer.
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You'll remain alone forever

[ND-Dem]

1. he's past retirement age and never married; ms right is never gonna show.

[Puglover]

2. Great response but sadly she

didn't read his letter carefully. "I would love to go live there." Indicates he lives elsewhere and no where does he say he wants Mummy and Sissy to join them.

Whatever. He still sounds like a major dick.

[Nay]

3. Hmm, let's see, the right woman is going to have to attend to FOUR elderly people, 3 of whom

have never left the home to have a life. Oh, and your new husband, while not wanting "whores" to apply for the position of his wife, mentions that he has had plenty of lovers and girlfriends. OOOOOOOKAY.

What this guy is looking for is a slave (in the kitchen and the bedroom) to make his retirement plush (for him).

Why doesn't he just hire a housekeeping staff and go into town twice a week to see a wh---- I mean, a girlfriend?