True love is often romanticized as a bond that transcends material possessions. But in a world where financial stability plays a major role in our daily lives, can love truly flourish without money?

Take, for instance, Chioma and Emeka, a young couple deeply in love. When they first met, Emeka was a struggling artist, while Chioma was a fresh graduate still searching for a job. Despite their financial challenges, they found joy in the little things: taking long walks, cooking together at home, and dreaming of a better future.

But reality hit hard when Emeka fell ill and they couldn’t afford proper medical care. The stress of unpaid bills and constant borrowing from friends began to strain their relationship. Chioma often wondered, “Is love enough when you’re constantly worrying about where the next meal will come from?”

Some say that love can overcome all obstacles, while others argue that financial hardship can slowly erode even the strongest bond. What’s your take? Have you or someone you know been in a similar situation? Let’s discuss the real-life balance between love and money.

It won't be funny

Money make things easier...

YES

Let me use a road journey for the illustration.

True love is not just the car, it is a new car with good shock absorbes. Fake love is a very faulty car.

Financial status is the road condition. Poverty means a very bad road with potholes. Wealth means a standard tarred d road.

If the road is bad about the car is new, you will feel gallops but will manage to get to your destination. If the road is good and the car is new, the journey will be very smooth and you will get to your destination. The bad car has a very high tendency to stop you halfway when the road is bad. And as long as the car is bad, the journey will never be smooth even if the road is good.

True love survives without money because they love didn't start because of money and doesn't position itself to depend on money.

ADDED:
No matter how bad the road is, a new car will not stop you halfway unless the driver recklessly crashes the car. The reckless driver can equally crash the new car on a good road. Therefore, try to know when a lover leaves and when the loved is the one that dumps the lover. True love often fails because of the attitude of the loved, not the attitude of the lover. Money and attitude are two different things. Some loved people use fetish mentality to suspect that their true lover is possessed with the spirit of poverty. I have heard stories of poor people blaming their poverty on their patners that have been coping with them in the poverty. Some men claim that the reason they are not moving forward is that their wives carry bad spirits.

sparko1:
I think you don't understand what we are talking about.

Take for example a guy with his own place a car, enough food and money for himself and maybe even 2 more people if he has still considers himself poor.

Ladies will definitely be ready to sleep with him and stay with him in the hope that he picks them, he might not need to give them money, but the fact that they know he has it is sufficient for some, especially those playing the long game.

She just needs the assurance that you have it, and the hope that she'll become the main chick you spend on. Some ladies marry some guys with nothing and even lazy just because they see his family has money, ladies are very objective, it's guys that fall in love with a beautiful face and ASS.

Until you lose your job, with no family to help, no friends to help that you will know that there's nothing like true love.

You are the one who doesn't understand what we are discussing here. We are not talking about people who are willing to give sexual pleasure. We are talking about true lovers. By the way, why do you think of sex whenever true love is mentioned? Have you forgotten that your true lover can be your fellow man who has no sexual interest in you? Don't you know that a woman's true lover can be her fellow woman and no sexual intention in the relationship? The mistake you people make is that you think that sex is part of love. Someone who truly loves you may be unable to give you sex while someone who doesn't love you will be willing, capable and always available to give you sex.

I don't know who told most of the people in this world that a true lover must be a sexual partner. As a man, a woman can truly love you without having sexual feelings for you. A married woman can have pure interest in a single guy and tries to establish him. But the mistake you people make is that whenever a woman in that position tries to help a single guy, his mind will quickly tell him that she has sexually interested in him. Even if his mind doesn't tell him that, the people around him will try to convince him that she is being nice to him because she is sexually interested in him. The same goes to women. Good spirited married man may want to help single girls that are suffering simply because those men understand that suffering makes the girls vulnerable to men that will abuse the girls. But for most girls in this situation, their mind will deceive them into believing that those men definitely have sexual interesting them. Even on this forum, I've come across a post where a young girl was complaining that a married man has been so nice and spending on her for many years but has not asked her out. This clearly shows that the girl believed that the man is helping her definitely because he has sexual interest in her. This generation is so misguided to an extent that so many people no longer believe that the world still has selfless individuals.

There are some ladies that can endure for a short while, but if it persist for long, they surely gon tapout... No one loves to suffer, as a guy, try everything possible to legally get out of financial mess, don't stay in it for too long and expect someone's daughter to understand with you for long.... May God bless every guys struggling legitimately out there.... It's not easy

The guy will be dying inside him while claiming true love without money . Op don't fool yourself please, love without money HBP will kill you faster than you expect.

I don't have a problem with the addage "make money before you love" but where I have a problem is that it is gender biased why should it be only men who are obligated to make money? What if its chioma that falls seriously sick in your story Emeka will be obligated to run around and hustle for money to treat hsr abi? and if he runs away the society will consider him wicked, irresponsible and less masculine but if its the other way round chioma is smart abi? Well its not only women who like money we modern men also want rich,hardworking and industrious women.

immortalcrown:
YES

Let me use a road journey for the illustration.

True love is not just the car, it is a new car with good shock absorbes. Fake love is a very faulty car.

Financial status is the road condition. Poverty means a very bad road with potholes. Wealth means a standard tarred d road.

If the road is bad about the car is new, you will feel gallops but will manage to get to your destination. If the road is good and the car is new, the journey will be very smooth and you will get to your destination. The bad car has a very high tendency to stop you halfway when the road is bad. And as long as the car is bad, the journey will never be smooth even if the road is good.

True love survives without money because they love didn't start because of money and doesn't position itself to depend on money.

This should be voted as nairaland's best comment of the year...
The use of metaphors is so accurate.
The op doesn't need more comments because this one comment has summed it all up.

Should we tell him?


What do I even know sef aside enlightening my fellow men nationwide with the good news.

Oga the year is almost gone and there's nothing you can do about wasted time/opportunities. But moving forward (2025), you can always do better. The economy is tough, go and learn a lucrative skill online to double your hustle and thank me later.

I pity you

Some people say true love does not exist, actually it does. Just that you can only find it in only 5% of the women you meet.
The reason why money is a vital factor in relationship is because it replaces happiness when you can't find true love.

Very well.
My friend is a 37 year old private school teacher earning 25k and married to an unemployed wife who is always at home full time with a 6 year old daughter in school.
The wife stands by him, goes to the bush and fetch firewoods, use little available resources to prepare food for the family.
Recently she started selling waterleaf in the market.
And they're always together.
Whenever I see them I'm always jealous cos na slay queens and I cannot marry below 100k income dey always come my way, telling me relationship and marriage cannot survive without big money

Yes, true love can survive without money. True love in this context is the love your parent have for you. You don't need to do anything to be loved, even if you are a hardened criminal, you'd still be loved nonetheless. Though, there are some exemptions, but most of the time, parental love is unconditional love.

But you see the true love from a total stranger(woman) without money only happens in movies, story books. They might love you at first genuinely, but it has expiry date. The monent you're running out of the timeline they had hoped you'd have made it, and you still haven't. They will be gone.

Men are loved by women because of what they can do. And if you fail to do what they had expected of you, your imaginary love and respect you thought they had for you will be gone.

Don't blame women, that's just who they are. The kind of love a man want from his woman, a woman is incapable of giving him.

immortalcrown:
YES

Let me use a road journey for the illustration.

True love is not just the car, it is a new car with good shock absorbes. Fake love is a very faulty car.

Financial status is the road condition. Poverty means a very bad road with potholes. Wealth means a standard tarred d road.

If the road is bad about the car is new, you will feel gallops but will manage to get to your destination. If the road is good and the car is new, the journey will be very smooth and you will get to your destination. The bad car has a very high tendency to stop you halfway when the road is bad. And as long as the car is bad, the journey will never be smooth even if the road is good.

True love survives without money because they love didn't start because of money and doesn't position itself to depend on money.

great one here!


except for this GEN wey their parents are in love thru THICK & THIN LIFE till DATE ( yet to beknown as MILLIONAIRE today, but their mum never LEFT) but their WARDS cant endure with a MAN but SEEKING POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMME from MAN Via MARRIAGE

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8a.

Can you fuel your car without money?Love is sweet but money makes it sweeter.You pay bills with money not love.You don't tell a hungry woman who lacks,about love.Leave love make money,love will come running to you.

Cool

No

Such a relationship will only survive if the woman feels a deep need for it, whether due to advancing age or the pressure of her biological clock. While a man can love a broke woman without hesitation or conditions, a woman rarely extends the same unconditional love to a broke man.

immortalcrown:
YES

Let me use a road journey for the illustration.

True love is not just the car, it is a new car with good shock absorbes. Fake love is a very faulty car.

Financial status is the road condition. Poverty means a very bad road with potholes. Wealth means a standard tarred d road.

If the road is bad about the car is new, you will feel gallops but will manage to get to your destination. If the road is good and the car is new, the journey will be very smooth and you will get to your destination. The bad car has a very high tendency to stop you halfway when the road is bad. And as long as the car is bad, the journey will never be smooth even if the road is good.

True love survives without money because they love didn't start because of money and doesn't position itself to depend on money.

Nice analogy. Kudos

No money no love, if you no get money no dey near woman

Yes, true love can survive without money. While financial stability can provide comfort and security, it is not the foundation of true love.

True love is built on:

1. Emotional connection
2. Mutual respect
3. Trust
4. Communication

Couples can focus on:

1. Shared values and goals
2. Emotional intimacy
3. Mutual support
4. Shared experiences and activities

Financial stress can be challenging, but open communication, teamwork, and a shared commitment to the relationship can help couples navigate financial difficulties.

Ultimately, true love is about the connection and bond between two people, not about their financial situation.

Nothing survives without money no matter how small

For where

Money is not important to me in a relationship

Sp1ritHusband:
True love is often romanticized as a bond that transcends material possessions. But in a world where financial stability plays a major role in our daily lives, can love truly flourish without money?

Take, for instance, Chioma and Emeka, a young couple deeply in love. When they first met, Emeka was a struggling artist, while Chioma was a fresh graduate still searching for a job. Despite their financial challenges, they found joy in the little things: taking long walks, cooking together at home, and dreaming of a better future.

But reality hit hard when Emeka fell ill and they couldn’t afford proper medical care. The stress of unpaid bills and constant borrowing from friends began to strain their relationship. Chioma often wondered, “Is love enough when you’re constantly worrying about where the next meal will come from?”

Some say that love can overcome all obstacles, while others argue that financial hardship can slowly erode even the strongest bond. What’s your take? Have you or someone you know been in a similar situation? Let’s discuss the real-life balance between love and money.

No such thing! Just trust God to take care of you and help you take care of those who depend on you to feed. They include your wife! I am yet to meet a wife who does not disrespect her husband when things are tight with his finances. They just don't exist!!

immortalcrown:
YES

Let me use a road journey for the illustration.

True love is not just the car, it is a new car with good shock absorbes. Fake love is a very faulty car.

Financial status is the road condition. Poverty means a very bad road with potholes. Wealth means a standard tarred d road.

If the road is bad about the car is new, you will feel gallops but will manage to get to your destination. If the road is good and the car is new, the journey will be very smooth and you will get to your destination. The bad car has a very high tendency to stop you halfway when the road is bad. And as long as the car is bad, the journey will never be smooth even if the road is good.

True love survives without money because they love didn't start because of money and doesn't position itself to depend on money.

You forget, bad roads can render a new car into scraps, you need good road to get to your destination.

The best answer will be a question:

Do you even know what true love is?

Because if you did, you wouldn't have related it with money in any form of question. Its just like asking "can iron exist without Nigerian coat of arms?" How does that relate?

True loves first kiss can go a long way! Ask Shrek and Fiona!🙂

porthouse7:
Money is not important to me in a relationship

this moniker is male.
Beware

Does true love even exist in the first place

Love and money in a marriage is like an eagle 🦅 flying with 2 wings


If one wing get fault, you will not go far in that marriage